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Article: Growthmanship, part II. (three opinions on the importance and extent of economic growth in American society)
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- June 27, 1994
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It is wholly reasonable to ask whether more is better, but Fred Ikle errs in his treatise on conservatives and economic growth [March 7]. He manages to credit them with support for pollution, responsibility for expansion of government, mindless acceptance of any immigration, and promotion of rapid population growth.
None of those positions is attendant upon conservative political principles favoring economic growth. True conservatism begins with the defense of ordered liberty, with respect for individual preferences, and with a view of limited government as both the central defender of, and the greatest threat to, that liberty.
Economic growth is an ...