The Invisible Fence

Seizing on Adam Smith's promise that the economy would be a more efficient manager of social order, they staked their hopes for equality to the market. [...] the noble ideal of political equality, of rights and perhaps condition-with all its moral resonance and ethical possibility-was unthinkin...

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Published inAmerican Quarterly Vol. 61; no. 1; pp. 137 - 149
Main Author Nelson, Dana D.
Format Book Review Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published College Park Johns Hopkins University Press 01.03.2009
Subjects
Culture
Democracy
Ethics
Historians
Holton, Woody
Immunization
Market economies
Politics
Self government
State government
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Summary:Seizing on Adam Smith's promise that the economy would be a more efficient manager of social order, they staked their hopes for equality to the market. [...] the noble ideal of political equality, of rights and perhaps condition-with all its moral resonance and ethical possibility-was unthinkingly, perhaps inevitably redefined in the crasser and competitive terms of the market's equality of opportunity.
ISSN:0003-0678
1080-6490
1080-6490
DOI:10.1353/aq.0.0064