Re: an empirical observation

[Durant]

No, competition is not necessary in the economic structure.
Competition is an enormous waste of human and material 
resources.
The USSR et al economy stagnated because of the lack of
democracy, not because of the lack of competition.

Eva

... 
> I agree with Jay, here. What some might prefer to be the case doesn't make
> it so - for betting purposes, anyway! Competition is as real as
> cooperation, and some are more adept than others in each. Or so it seems to
> me. 
> 
> Steve
> 
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