This should be obvious to anyone paying attention. But too many on the so-called "right" are wrapped up in the 24/7 Forever Culture War of pwng the libs.
This is EXACTLY what many on the left have been thinking for decades.
Cue the unthinking knee-jerk alt-right tribalism.
This is EXACTLY what many on the left have been thinking for decades.
Conservative intellectuals, commentators, and politicians are rethinking the relationship between free enterprise and the common good. While critiques of the market have a long history in traditionalist circles, most American conservatives have held for several decades that protecting markets from government was essential for human flourishing. But that consensus is quickly changing as many elements of classical liberalism are now being challenged. The question is not whether to jettison free enterprise in favor of the common good, but rather how to orient free enterprise in support of the common good. This requires properly understanding the common good and how free enterprise affects it. Conservatives must learn to treat hard-nosed economics and humane political economy as complements, not substitutes.
Free Enterprise and the Common Good: Economic Science and Political–Economic Art as Complements
Conservative Perspectives by The Heritage Foundation is a series reflecting thought leadership from across the conservative movement on emerging policy topics and debates. This series provides a forum for diverse perspectives to be articulated and discussed. Nothing written here is to be...
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Cue the unthinking knee-jerk alt-right tribalism.