Don’t be anti-social
The choices before us as a nation are not about “Capitalism” versus “Socialism” (let alone all the baggage those terms entail). Rather, it’s about enlightened capitalism with a holistic view of cost-benefit analysis, versus market fundamentalism and anti-social greed.
From Taplin:
Beyond regulating the most anti-social and greedy members of the business society for the common good, the government will have to be like a venture capital investor in the same way that DARPA built the first Internet. We are now about to embark on an experiment in how this kind of investment in “Public Goods” can raise productivity for the private sector as well as the society as a whole. Universal Broadband, 21st Century schoolrooms, massive solar and wind farms, a smart electricity grid–these are the foundations of a Green New Deal.
Yes, yes, and yes.
