My article is an impetus for a discussion on liberal aspect of the thinking of social democratic politician and economist Josef Macek (1887-1972). In the first part I define Macek´s approach to liberalism (his understanding of the basic notions, concept of the relationship between an individual...

The paper is concerned with the microeconomic foundations of fertility, analyzing three approaches: the Chicago approach, the Pennsylvanian approach and Julian Simon´s approach. The paper highlights the Chicago tradition that perceives children as either consumer goods or capital goods. The...