RE: Authority of the marketplace?

[Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLBD/BGM/SVM/SGM]

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Verzonden: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 3:28 AM
> Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Onderwerp: RE: Authority of the marketplace?

> >At any rate... there are a couple of flaws with the entire "free
> >market environmentalism" approach. First, it assumes that the good of 
> >the company is the good of the world, or perhapst that the company is 
> >considering the long term whenever they make a decision, which,
> >sadly, is not true. 
> 
> First off, it *is* true that what is bad for the world is bad 
> for companies.

Might be, but how does that make "the good of the company is the good of the
world" truth? If it's most cost-effective for a company to dump its waste in
a river, how does that benefit the world?


> If you want to talk about inefficiency - let's talk about governments.
> Study after study has shown that the more closely companies are
> controlled by governments, the more inefficient they become.

Now *those* are studies I'd like to see. Got any on-line sources?


> >Let's say that there's a strike ("feedback" from the workers) and
> >demands for better environmental measures; or, alternatively, that 
> >the neighbors start complaining about the mercury in the water. Does 
> >the company raise wages or reduce pollution? Hell no; they move across 
> >the border to Mexico. 
> 
> Which, I might add, is also "feedback" from the workers.    I'm all for 
> the right of worker's to strike for higher wages, but if somebody 
> comes along who is willing to do the job for less - then more power to
> him.

I fail to see how moving your company across the border can be "feedback
from the workers". I can't imagine workers saying "yes, dear employer,
please fire us all and move abroad, because the lower wages there will
benefit you".


Jeroen

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