Less, Please
At Commonweal, Gary Gutting reflects on the relationship of capitalism and happiness, advocating for a return to liberal education to restore “the good life” in modern society. Gutting writes, “But, in a democracy, an ideal of the good life has no force unless the people’s will sustains it. Liberally educated consumers—and voters—are our only hope of subordinating capitalism to a humane vision of the good life.”