Abstract

I would like to start by thanking Jan Narveson for his time and for the attention that he has shown to my book, The Efficient Society. As someone with broadly left-wing sympathies, I am acutely aware of the lamentable tendency that leftists have of spending their time arguing exclusively with the people who are closest to them on the political spectrum. I have always hoped to avoid that trap. Thus it has been extremely gratifying to see my book provoke unsolicited critical response from, among others, Terrence Corcoran, Walter Robinson, and now Jan Narveson.