This is the first of a series of essays on capitalism. This, the first, is a very theoretical discussion, one relatively light on examples. However those that follow will have examples aplenty. But the theoretical framework is needed to make … Read more
Tag: civil society
Paradoxes of Freedom: Civil Society and the Market Order
Published in Cosmos and Taxis, Vol. 2, Issue 1, 2014.
Abstract
Civil society maximizes individual freedom. Spontaneous orders emerge from principles expressed more completely within civil society and enable cooperation to take more complex forms than in their absence. … Read more
Understanding Democracy, part I: Democracies are not states
Sunday I joined some Bay Area libertarians for dinner and conversation at a Chinese restaurant in Berkeley. I had been invited as a result of one reading my chapter on libertarianism in Uncivil Liberties: Deconstructing Libertarianism. At his request … Read more
Capitalism vs. the Market II: re-integrating markets into civil society
The solution to ending capitalism’s dominance over human beings and human values has two dimensions. First, capitalist enterprises must be subordinated to the larger ethical standards of civil society. The “capitalist ecosystem” I described in Part I must be reabsorbed … Read more