On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 11:26 AM, Larry Lyons <[email protected]> wrote:
> > There is nothing in Adam Smith and the other Capitalist philosophers > writings that says you cannot cooperate. In fact cooperation among companies > can be very profitable, think of a web dev company taming up with an HR or > an engineering firm for instance. > Well that's a bit different...a web dev company sells services to create websites, while an engineering firm...engineers things. Two different industries. We're talking about health care companies, companies that compete in the same industry for the same customers....teaming up. That's a bit different. Capitalism doesn't expressly forbid such cooperation, of course, but it does have something to say if that cooperation wanders into collusion. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:343043 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
