by Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D
The title of Patricia Morgan’s new book, The War Between the State and the Family, says it all. The British government has engaged in “systematic discrimination against (married) couples in the tax and benefit system.” This persuasive book, published by the Institute of Economic Affairs in the UK, provides a cautionary tale about “deconstructing” the family into a mere collection of individuals. In so doing, Patricia Morgan provides an illustration of the principles of Catholic social teaching laid out in Leo’s 1891 letter, Rerum Novarum. (more…)
