… is from page 50 of the 1983 Liberty Fund collection of some of the writings of the late G. Warren Nutter, entitled Political Economy and Freedom; specifically, it’s from Nutter’s 1976 article “A Comment on Okun” (link added):
To [Arthur] Okun, the good society is one that maximizes equality of circumstance. To me, it is one that maximizes use of voluntary agreement in organizing social activity. Neither ideal accords, I suppose, with popular sentiment today, but mine surely is closer to the historical aspirations of the American people than is his.
