Mat writes: >I think the Scottish enlightenment reference [by D. McCloskey] is just an idea of basically benign market organization, capitalism with a human face, Adam Smith but with heavy emphasis on the moral sentiments.<
In my recent POLITICS & SOCIETY article, I write about this a bit. The Scottish "capitalism with a human face" (capitalism with a vibrant Toqueville-type civil society) conflicts with the unlimited accumulation of capital. Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine