Lia Hammond

History

27 November, 19:31

According to this passage, Emerson sees demand and

supply as

Wealth brings with it its own checks and balances. The

basis of political economy is non interference. The only

safe rule is found in the self-adjusting meter of demand

and supply. Do not legislate ... Make equal laws: secure

life and property, and you need not give alms. Open the

doors of opportunity to talent and virtue, and they will do

themselves justice, and property will not be in bad hands.

In a free and just commonwealth, property rushes from

the idle [lazy] and imbecile, to the industrious, brave, and

persevering

-Culture, Behavior, Beauty,

Ralph Waldo Emerson

a means of production

O a challenge to private ownership

O a principle that keeps the economy stable

O a barrier to free trade