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

by Timothy Sandefur

Book Overview

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. Yet today that right is burdened by a wide array of government rules and regulations that play favorites, rewrite contracts, encourage frivolous lawsuits, seize private property, and manipulate economic choices to achieve outcomes that bureaucrats favor. The Right to Earn a Living charts the history of this fundamental...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1935308335
• ISBN13: 9781935308331
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Cato Institute
• Length: 359 Pages
• Weight: 1.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.2"