Politics without romance, choices without benevolence

Politics without romance, choices without benevolence
General Elections Commission (KPU) chairman Arief Budiman (left) casts a ballot during mock voting day at the KPU compound in Jakarta on Tuesday. The simulation was held to familiarize voters with the voting process, slated for April 17. (The Jakarta Post/Dhoni Setiawan)

“It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we can expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest,” wrote Adam Smith in The Wealth of Nations ( 1776…

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