Piketty and Sandel belong to an elite which maintains its privileges by proclaiming its egalitarianism.
The author warns we are sending far too many people to university and creating “a whole great bloated cognitive bureaucratic class”.
In 1995, a well-respected, economic historian called Donald McCloskey stunned the sedate world of economic history by becoming a well-respected, economic historian called Deirdre McCloskey. One might assume that the political beliefs of a transsexual academic would incline to the left. But, in fact, McCloskey must count as one of the finest free market advocates […]