The Right to Earn a Living: Economic Freedom and the Law

The Right to Earn a Living: Economic Freedom and the Law
ISBN-10
1935308343
ISBN-13
9781935308348
Category
Political Science
Pages
376
Language
English
Published
2010-10-01
Publisher
Cato Institute
Author
Timothy Sandefur

Description

America’s founders thought the right to earn a living was so basic and obvious that it didn’t need to be mentioned in the Bill of Rights. The Right to Earn a Living charts the history of this fundamental human right, from the constitutional system that was designed to protect it by limiting government’s powers, to the Civil War Amendments that expanded protection to all Americans, regardless of race.

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