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Jonathan Levy is James Westfall Thompson Professor of U.S. History and Social Thought at the University of Chicago. His latest book is Ages of American Capitalism: A History of the United States.
Why did Chicago become the headquarters of free market fundamentalism? Adam Smith offers a clue.
The tradition allows private and public life to meet, maintaining a baseline solidarity in civic life.
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