The Social Responsibility of Government is Sovereignty
If the social responsibility of business is to increase profits, what is the social responsibility of government? A rancher on the road to Torrington frames a reading of Milton Friedman’s less-quoted argument: public purposes require public institutions, political deliberation, and consent. Letting corporations pursue profits does not relieve government of its work.
This May 2026 essay connects borrowing, market concentration, and the cost of starting an adult life. The rancher’s children face different versions of the same arithmetic: a house, a family, or an education that work cannot quite…
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