Overall, though, Mr Brown's approach to taxes has been to let distortions proliferate, serving neither fairness nor efficiency.

ECONOMIST: Britain's budget

Quite legitimately, different people have different notions of what is fair, and what is the right balance between fairness and efficiency.

ECONOMIST: Less inequality does not need to mean less efficiency

And by ignoring her right to do so, by reducing her freedom, the Court also revealed an astonishing lack of respect for the efficiency and fairness of free markets.

CNN: McCain's August 6, 2007, speech addressing private property rights