Monday, October 19, 2009

ASET book club Stealing from Each Other How the Welfare State Robs Americans of Money and Spirit

ASET Book Club Event - Wednesday October 21, 2009 5:45 p.m. - 7:15 p.m.

Stealing from Each Other How the Welfare State Robs Americans of Money and Spirit

The rise of equalitarian ideology has driven Americans to steal from one another. Browning explains that certain kinds of equality have been a cherished value in America. Equality under the law and, within reason, equality of opportunity is consistent with a free society. Equality of results is an anathema to a free society and within it lie the seeds of tyranny.


For a contrasting perspective on Browning's view on immigration

Julian Simon - Economic Consequences of Immigration

Is the Welfare State Justified?

POLICY FORUM
Monday, October 29, 2007
12:00 PM


Restriction or Legalization? Measuring the Economic Benefits of Immigration Reform

1 comment:

  1. Cato has a nice essay on egalitarianism -

    http://www.cato-unbound.org/2009/10/12/will-wilkinson/economic-inequality-and-the-mirage-of-injustice/

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