Rev. Robert A. Sirico is co-founder and president of the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty. He received his Master of Divinity degree from the Catholic University of America, following undergraduate study at the University of Southern California and the University of London. He has written for a variety of journals, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, the London Financial Times, the Washington Times, the Detroit News and National Review. A member of the Mont Pelerin Society, the American Academy of Religion, and the Philadelphia Society, he is also currently pastor of St. Mary Catholic Church in Kalamazoo, Michigan.The following is adapted from a speech delivered at Hillsdale College on October 27, 2006, at the first annual Free Market Forum, sponsored by the College’s Center for the Study of Monetary Systems and Free Enterprise.

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