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In my title I use the language of Bentham, and perhaps I should have asked Lord Harris to use his good offices to borrow Mr Bentham from University College, London, for this occasion. I am far from confident, however, that Bentham would approve of my preferences; and if he were to begin frowning as I spoke, I should be quite unnerved. Nevertheless, Bentham — who was an instinctive social planner — might well approve of some of the pleasures of capitalism which I shall emphasise.
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Stigler, G.J. (1996). The Pleasures and Pains of Modern Capitalism. In: Wood, G.E. (eds) Explorations in Economic Liberalism. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24967-1_7
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