After writing a column in a small town paper for a few years, some fans of Lawrence Reed decided to put this collection together for your enjoyment. What's so special about this volume is not just that it's good reading. It's also that the author is, in many respects, having a conversation with the very people who live in that small town. Because they are among the people left who still hold the two values through which the author regards the world: liberty and character. Readers of this book will not only be able to see the world with greater breadth and depth, but they'll also find...

This book was written for Christians in particular, but you don't need to be a Christian to understand and appreciate everything it says about economics. The stories of the Bible show that economic principles are timeless and universal. What applies now applied then. That is why we can relate to them. Church leaders regularly use the Bible to justify many of their recommendations for political intervention in critical areas of our lives, interventions that often have negative, even disastrous consequences. Why is it that so many programs promoted by so many well-meaning people turn out to...