Hume Revived
I am not always impressed by David Brooks' columns, but this one is spot on regarding some of today's key issues.
The people on Mr. Bentham’s side believe that government can get actively involved in organizing innovation. (I’ve taken his proposals from the Waxman-Markey energy bill and the Baucus health care bill.)
The people on Mr. Hume’s side believe government should actively tilt the playing field to promote social goods and set off decentralized networks of reform, but they don’t think government knows enough to intimately organize dynamic innovation.
He is probably a little unfair to Bentham but the point is excellent. The US Democrats are heading in the sorry direction of Bentham, and what appalls me is that Michael Ignatieff is starting to show a strong leaning in that direction.
posted by Alan Adamson @ 12:30 PM
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