tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post5084073924944669498..comments2024-03-27T08:40:31.785-06:00Comments on Clayton Cramer.: An Interesting Slogan on Early American MoneyClayton Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-9421387163252472612011-01-13T12:42:20.748-07:002011-01-13T12:42:20.748-07:00There is definitely support for minimal regulation...There is definitely support for minimal regulation of business in the Revolutionary period, partly in response to mercantilism. On the other hand, there was, at least in Federalist circles, a belief that governmental intervention in support of trade was a good thing (as long as it wasn't giving favors to just some)--not a libertarian idea.Clayton Cramerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-18404833770936546202011-01-13T11:54:42.080-07:002011-01-13T11:54:42.080-07:00Libertarianism is about individual economic libert...Libertarianism is about individual economic liberty, as much or more so as it is about personal liberty. The founders where very much believers in individual economic liberty, and in economic rights. Which, compared to the current second-class status of economic rights in our courts, is very much a libertarian position.jdegehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01495457567906071678noreply@blogger.com