Hi Brad, You cited the French philosopher Emmanuel Levinas: <<<< . . . the ultimate reason for production is not the satisfaction of needs, but to have something to offer as a gift to welcome the other (as opposed to being reduced to receiving the other "empty handed"). >>>>
and then you wrote: (BMcC) <<<< Obviously this is not "economics", but it may help us *situate* economics in the encompassing world of our factual and potential life. >>>> But Levinas was absolutely dead right! Gifting *is* economics. It's otherwise called trade. Keith __________________________________________________________ �Writers used to write because they had something to say; now they write in order to discover if they have something to say.� John D. Barrow _________________________________________________ Keith Hudson, Bath, England; e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________
