Wealth and Freedom provides a comprehensive introduction to political
economy for the student or other interested nonspecialist. The book
explores such key issues as: the place of our economy in the larger
social system, the importance of market institutions for individual
autonomy, private enterprise as a system of economic development,
poverty and inequality in market economies, global inequality, the
limits of the market and the role of government. The book is distinctive
in employing a rights-based approach to understanding and evaluating
economic institutions.