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Love & Economics: Why the Laissez-Faire Family Doesn't Work

We come into the world not as rational adults but as babies — helpless, self-centered, and impulsive. The family must care for children while leading them, as a side effect of loving them, to be trusting and trustworthy — qualities without which neither individuals nor societies can be truly free. So-called substitutes for the family — single parents, government programs, and daycare — cannot fill this role.

— What did adopting a badly neglected orphan teach Dr. Morse about love and politics?

— Do "single parents" and "quality daycare" exist?

— Why is cohabitation harmful?

  • Format
  • hardcover
  • Pages
  • 273
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781890626297
  • Genres
  • economics
  • Release date
  • 2001