The social responsibility of business

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"The social responsibility of business is to increase its profits", said the Nobel laureate and original economics populariser, Milton Friedman. Now Friedman expands on this view in a debate at Reason. Tyler Cowen discusses, and so does Yazad at the Indian Economy blog.

Michael Klein and I analyze corporate responsibility as a reputational game, and ask what such a game can and cannot achieve.


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