Putting freedom first is what liberal society has always stood for. There is nothing wrong with enterprise, initiative, personal responsibility or even the lawful pursuit of private profit. What is incoherent is believing these goals can be achieved without a citizenship of entitlement, without the shared foundation that alone Makes freedom possible for all.
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Needs and justice in the ‘Wealth of Nations’: an introductory essay
“No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable […]” — Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations