Saturday, May 18, 2013

Much in what he says …

… along with a lot of crap: Reviewed: Edmund Burke: Philosopher, Politician, Prophet by Jesse Norman. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

How can anyone imagine that debates waged over 70 years ago could resolve the dilemmas that an utterly different world confronts today?
The same way they might think a book about someone born in 1729 might have some bearing on today's problems. The economic ethos Gray dismisses is grounded in the freedom individuals ought to have to go about their business. This does not mean giving business carte blanche. Business is subject to the same laws the rest of us are.

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