Chartier: Advocates of Freed Markets Should Embrace “Anti-Capitalism”
Posted by Brad Spangler on Jan 18, 2010 in Odds & Ends • 3 commentsC4SS Advisory Panel member Gary Chartier will give the following presentation in April to the Association of Private Enterprise Education — Advocates of Freed Markets Should Embrace “Anti-Capitalism”[PDF]. A ready for print version.
“Defenders of freed markets have good reason to identify their position as a species of ‘anti-capitalism.’ To explain why, I distinguish three potential meanings of ‘capitalism’ before suggesting that people committed to freed markets should oppose capitalism in my second and third senses. Then, I offer some reasons for using ‘capitalism’ as a label for some of the social arrangements to which freed-market advocates should object.” —Gary Chartier
I can only say that, if I were but a stew of my present ideas, you have provided the fire to correlate these ideas into a veritable truth upon which I can feast most heartily. Your piece was most beautiful and profound to me. To say "thank you" would be an understatement.
Many thanks for the kind words. I'm really pleased to have stimulated thought and to help tie things together.
Hi Gary, thanks for a clear article on the meaning of ‘capitalism’. I've found it useful to point people to on several occasions. (Yes, this is your former boarder Toby.)