Short review of Diedre McCloskey and Art Carden, Leave Me Alone and I’ll Make You Rich: How the Bourgeois Deal Enriched the World.The sticking point is determining the limits of individual liberty. Even the hardest core Libertarians agree that some lines need to be drawn. They suggest the non-aggression principle as necessary and sufficient. But is it? What would be the criteria for determining this? How would these criteria be selected?The Enlightened EconomistFrom Hobbes to Locke – and back again?Diane Coyle | freelance economist and a former advisor to the UK Treasury. She is a member of the UK Competition Commission and is acting Chairman of the BBC Trust, the governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation
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Diane Coyle | freelance economist and a former advisor to the UK Treasury. She is a member of the UK Competition Commission and is acting Chairman of the BBC Trust, the governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation