Is it not possible that there is some common goods problem? People not helping b/c they think others will? The general welfare of others is a public good afterall, right?- (non-rival, non-excludable)
I think it is reasonable to say that there is not an efficient level of charity (at least in the third world charity market), and if the answer is that people don't really care to give more, then you are saying it is efficient. I can envision this being the case, but it is hard to imagine. Jason ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryan Caplan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 8:26 AM Subject: Re: Charity > Jason DeBacker wrote: > > And the answer is: > > > - People really don’t care about helping someone else, but > > are ashamed to admit that. > > How could it be anything else? > > -- > Prof. Bryan Caplan > Department of Economics George Mason University > http://www.bcaplan.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "The game of just supposing > Is the sweetest game I know... > > And if the things we dream about > Don't happen to be so, > That's just an unimportant technicality." > > Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein, *Showboat* > > > >
