Soon after the financial crisis in 2008 and immediately after the Occupy Wall Street event, the issue before us was framed as a conflict between Wall Street and Main Street. The issue before us is actually a much deeper conflict between two centers: civic centers and financial centers.
Libertarians come in different stripes, and the differences largely depend on their foundation. Some have their origin in the peculiar Anglo-American tradition of grounding liberty in property. Some others see liberty as a civic right guaranteed by the Constitution.
Marvin T. Brown, Ph.D teaches business and organizational ethics at the University of San Francisco and Saybrook University in San Francisco.
This book is the culmination of 30 years of teaching and writing on business and society from a communicative perspective. Visit workingethics.com for more information.
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