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John Stuart Mill or the ethics of liberalism: Part I, private property | 51 comments (51 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
Re: John Stuart Mill or the ethics of liberalism: (4.00 / 3)
I used the argument that the impressive economic growth of the 20th century is due to the avilability of cheap energy (oil). Some people call that "the oil slaves of modern man".

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman
by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue May 2nd, 2006 at 02:57:45 AM EST
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