Labor in a Free Society; T. Eshleman

TimothyEshleman .LABOR INA FREE SOCIETY LIFE is full of desires and wants. From birth until death one strives to satisfy many needs and desires. Labor is the process by which a worker obtains the goods and ser vices needed for survival and de sired for enjoyment. In a free society, an individual is free to labor as he wishes. The es sence of the free society is to ~~leave everybody totally free to act crea tively as he pleases, to let anyone and everyone exchange their goods and services with whomever they choose on whatever terms can be mutually agreed upon, to let the fruits of one's labor be one's own, and to limit gO\1ernment-society's agent of force-to the protection of This article first appeared in the May 1978 Issue of The Entrepreneur published by students of the De partment of Economics at Grove City College In Pennsylvania. 674 everyone equally in these free doms."l As a worker is free to labor accord ing to his talents and wishes, his interests and those of others are advanced. Who in society-the indi vidual or the state-can better de termine what is in the best interest of a worker? Naturally, each indi vidual alone can determine what his best interests are and should be free to act accordingly.