The national interest, the public interest, and all that: a skeptic’s perspective
Whenever anyone argues that some action is 'in the public interest,' or 'the national interest' without defining the phrase —grab your wallet and turn your skepticism coefficient to the highest setting.
In an op-ed on the sale of some of bankrupt Nortel's assets, Don Mazankowski, a former minister of finance and deputy PM under Brian Mulroney, made repeated reference to "the national interest." He also used these phrases:"safeguard the national interest;" "the long-term national interest;" "n...
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