Apparently, the Holy Family passed through Flanders on its way from Palestine into Egypt.
I don’t share what I’m guessing are this author’s left-leaning politics. But I think his perspective is an important one that all of us, including economically libertarian conservatives such as I, need to keep in mind. And not merely at this season.
(I simply believe that free markets are by far the best way, demonstrably and overall, to raise the living standard of the poor. And that governments, even when they’re well-intentioned — which is by no means always the case — tend to harm economies and very often damage the welfare and hinder the betterment of poor people.)
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