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Economic liberty

Economic liberty

April 1, 2016 Our theme this month is economic liberty. As an immigrant to this country, I have always viewed the identity of my adopted country as one rooted in human freedom. But I understand, too, that freedom can never be taken for granted. Indeed, each generation must rise to the challenge of protecting the precious and fragile concept of liberty over time. For, as Milton Friedman wrote, "the typical state of mankind is tyranny, servitude, and misery." At the NewBostonPost, we regard "econ

April 1, 2016 Our theme this month is economic liberty. As an immigrant to this country, I have always viewed the identity of my adopted country as one rooted in human freedom. But I understand, too, that freedom can never be taken for granted. Indeed, each generation must rise to the challenge of protecting the precious and fragile concept of liberty over time. For, as Milton Friedman wrote, "the typical state of mankind is tyranny, servitude, and misery." At the NewBostonPost, we regard "econ…