I wanted to add to my quick response to Professor Deneen's latest -- there is very little mention about justice and duties in his piece. Now, as Americans are encouraged to be mobile, it may that one's family does not settle in any one place, with its members scattering to the four winds. But if many of them decide to remain in one area, what does one do about one's obligations to them? Sure, one may not be able to find a job in the profession for which he trained (or any job, for that matter), or there may be difficulties with one's spouse -- is it really too late to think about such considerations though? Should people be planning ahead and taking into account their obligations to family (and also to the community, as ephemeral as that may be) before they decide on a college major or a career track? If it is too "late" for those who have already decided, what can be done to eliminate conflict?

Surely, reform of the political economy must be undertaken, and economic freedom re-established (along with local autarky).