More of Mencken
November 1, 2010
Tom: Another of H.L.M.’s gems was in defining “democracy” as “the art of running the circus from the monkey cage.”
Butler Shaffer was Professor Emeritus at Southwestern University School of Law. He is the author of In Restraint of Trade: The Business Campaign Against Competition, 1918–1938, Calculated Chaos: Institutional Threats to Peace and Human Survival, and Boundaries of Order. His latest book is The Wizards of Ozymandias.
Who Says Liberals Are Ignorant About Economics?