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Bad men doing good: A parable of capitalism’s true genius
Capitalism’s great moral innovation is not that it makes men good. It is that it makes the bad man’s ambition useful.
12 June 2026
Capitalism’s great moral innovation is not that it makes men good. It is that it makes the bad man’s ambition useful.
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