The task of defining economic rights assumes particular importance because these rights occupy a pivotal position in an integrated system of social thought. They can be conceived not only as the focal point of economic policy and economic theory, but they can be construed as the keystone in the arch of economic justice. To anticipate the conclusion of this essay, only those who exercise economic rights can be said to participate in the economic process in full dignity and self-reliance.
Carmine Gorga, "Toward the Definition of Economic Rights," Journal of Markets & Morality 2, no. 1 (Spring 1999): 88-101