ANALYSIS/OPINION:
The farther and faster any of us ventures through this mortal life, the clearer it becomes that human problems don’t really ever dissolve, they just on take new forms. Debates, however crisp and fresh they seem initially, tend to repeat themselves. Think Groundhog Day.
What a distinct advantage, all this being the case, to have the experienced and lucid Donald Devine as a guide to the newest phase of the unending argument over capitalism’s moral properties. No sooner do we think we’ve settled this business to general advantage (cf. Milton Friedman and F.A. Hayek) than the artillery opens up on another front.