Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1. The historic advance, ca. 1870–1970 -- One. The Historic Advance -- Two. Interpreting the ‘‘Sixties’’ -- Three. The Modern Reaction -- Part 2. Recapping and beyond -- Introduction -- Four. Social...

Introduction: John McDermott’s Body of Work -- Chapter 1 As Rights Expand Equality Declines -- Chapter 2 Ours is Not a “Liberal Society” -- Chapter 3 Inalienable Rights and the Abortion Wars -- Chapter 4 Elements of a Theory of Social Rights -- Chapter 5 Looking at the Workplace -- Chapter...

This book argues that economic activity in the public sphere now underwrites private corporations, and rejects rigid adherence to traditional economic theories that no longer apply. Adam Smith's widely used "merchant's model" assumes that most investment is private, when in fact research...