<![CDATA[Capitalism and Moral Sentiments]]>

1.0 link 177637 <![CDATA[Capitalism and Moral Sentiments]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-sachs/capitalism-and-moral-sent_b_177637.html In recent days, both Tom Friedman and David Brooks urged us to take our attention away from the trivialities of the AIG bonuses (just 0.001 percent of GDP, sniffed Brooks), to focus on truly weighty macroeconomic matters. Friedman bade us to look forward to, and support, the next mega-bailout of the banks, and Brooks applauded the leadership of Mssrs. Geithner and Summers in leading the G20 to macroeconomic stimulus and a rejuvenation of the International Monetary Fund.

Both pieces had...

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