In Defense of ScroogeBy Man Against the State It is my purpose, in making this holiday defense of my client, to present to you a different interpretation of the story, that you will see the villainy not in my clients character, but in Charles Dickenss miscasting of the true heroes of the time of which he wrote, namely, the industrialists and financiers who created that most liberating epoch in human history: the Industrial Revolution. A reading of an abridged version of the article The Case for Ebenezer by Butler Shaffer, published at Mises.org, accompanied by images from the 1951 film starring Alistair Sim. Bah humbug couldnt resist. 