Thinking the Twentieth Century: Intellectuals and Politics in the Twentieth Century

by Tony Judt

This point of view captures and illustrates an illusion that was once widespread in the West as well: the purest form, the morally purest form of capitalism is basically artisanal production., i.e., that the important quality of a brewer is that he makes good beer. Whereas of course in capitalism, the important quality of a brewer is that he sells lots of bottles of beer.