On Jul 16, 2009, at 8:43 PM, John Williams wrote:
On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 7:39 PM, Doug Pensinger<brig...@zo.com> wrote:
A free market economy has its limits? The goals of a free market
economy
aren't necessarily aligned with the best interests of the species?
Huh? Best interest of the species? How many starving or sick people
could have been helped with the money it took to send a few people to
the moon?
Do you think some people have more right to decide what is "the best
interests of the species" than others?
Echoes of an earlier discussion of population growth :-). Everybody
thinks
that they have the right to decide what is in the "best interests of the
species" than others.
In fact, isn't that the fundamental concept of "free market" capitalism?
As individuals decide what is best for themselves, they are doing do for
the entire market/species.
Dave
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