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The real social contract, (Edmund Burke) argued, was not Rousseau's social contract between the noble savage and the General Will, but a "partnership" between the present generation and future generations.


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Author Bio


  • NameNiall Ferguson
  • DescriptionBritish historian
  • BornApril 18, 1964
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionWriter; Economic Historian; Historian