The Dogged (Actual) Liberal: Deirdre McCloskey
Her historical perspective has been pointed and consistent even as her gender identification has not.
The brilliant and endlessly insightful Deirdre McCloskey has released her new book, really a collection of fine essays, which tackles the questions of real wealth creation, British imperialism and the Great Enrichment–a period of history in which we are truly blessed to live.
A constant defender of the bourgeoisie, it has been principally through the innovation of capital, McCloskey posits–not the exploitation of labor–that the standard of living has risen to unfathomable, astronomical heights.
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Hear Thaddeus Russell interview Deirdre McCloskey on the Unregistered Podcast.
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And to think, what would the present look like should the main governor (double entendre alert) on that economic expansion have been removed; namely the onerous weight of the state?
