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Five Themes of American Conventional Wisdom Part 4: Capitalism | Lefty Parent

Five Themes of American Conventional Wisdom Part 4: Capitalism | Lefty Parent

Five Themes of American Conventional Wisdom Part 4: Capitalism

So the fourth installment of this series, based on my friend Ron Miller’s take on American cultural conventions, I’m going to look at his thoughts on Capitalism and how it plays out in American conventional thinking, based on the first chapter of his very insightful book, What Are Schools For?

Ah “capitalism”… a word that to me connotes a big driving machine. A word that is loaded with so much