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The Pope and the Root of Social Evil

By Ari Armstrong

Apr 28, 2014
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Pope Francis tweeted, “Inequality is the root of social evil.” The pope is worse than wrong.

In a free market—a market in which government consistently protects people’s rights—some people earn more than others do, a relative few earn vast fortunes, and each individual is free to keep, spend, or give away what he earns according to his own judgment. One …

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