Linkspragmatismus
Alberto Alesina und Francesco Giavazzi erläutern warum sich wahre Linke in den Liberalismus verlieben sollten:
Our point is that the goals that are traditionally held dear by the European left – like protection of the economically weakest and aversion to excessive inequality and un-earned rewards to insiders – should lead the left to adopt pro-market policies. What has often been the norm in Europe from the 60s until recently – heavy market regulation, protection of the status quo, an enormous public sector which rewards not the very poor but the most-connected and requires highly distortionary taxation, universities which often produce mediocrity in the name of egalitarianism (while the very rich get a good education anyway, somehow) –all end up decreasing efficiency and justice at the same time.
Doch es ist wie immer im Leben: Wer verliebt sich schon in die inneren Werte?
Via Marginal Revolution.
