Free Thoughts

This week we invite Timothy Sandefur to talk about the right to earn a living. Is this right to economic activity one that is upheld by the Constitution? Where did this right come from? How is the right to earn a living being violated in the United States today, and what does the legal environment surrounding this right look like?Show Notes and Further ReadingTimothy Sandefur, The Right to Earn a Living: Economic Freedom and the Law (book)Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (book)”Slaughter-House Cases” (Wikipedia article)”Lochner v. New York” (Wikipedia article) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.