What the hell is a progressive contrarian? Well, when the terms left-wing and right-wing have lost any meaning whatsoever, is there any fundamental fault line that means anything politically any more? The only true differentiator is between those who believe that human progress is both desirable and possible, and those who don't. The real split these days is between progressives and reactionaries. And contrarian? That should speak for itself...
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
In Defence of Global Capitalism
There's a good review of Johan Norberg's superb book over at the London Book Review.com. Reading this book had a profound influence - it's one of those books that makes you rethink things. It's written with the sort of passion that you'd normally associate with anti-capitalists. It's radical, intelligent and... Why not read the review, or better still read the book.
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