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A review by stumolan
Louis D. Brandeis: American Prophet by Jeffrey Rosen
5.0
Jeffrey Rosen's excellent personal and intellectual biography of Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis is an accessible and short book that was a great portrait into a life that means so much for today's political situation. Brandeis' "curse of bigness" matters now more than ever, given our current corporate concentration.
His view on the public interest is also instructive:
"'The public interest is made up of a number of things...Namely the interest of the rest of the public, the dealer and his clerks and the producer and his employees.' Brandeis maintained, in other words, that the survival of a variety of competitive small businesses was necessary for the welfare of the entire community. As he concluded, 'we are all part of the public and we must find a rule of law that is consistent with the welfare of all the people.'"
It's a great read.
His view on the public interest is also instructive:
"'The public interest is made up of a number of things...Namely the interest of the rest of the public, the dealer and his clerks and the producer and his employees.' Brandeis maintained, in other words, that the survival of a variety of competitive small businesses was necessary for the welfare of the entire community. As he concluded, 'we are all part of the public and we must find a rule of law that is consistent with the welfare of all the people.'"
It's a great read.