Some capitalists screw everybody 6 days a week & give some away on Sunday, sometimes for PR and sometimes to make themselves feel good & moral.
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 07:20:51AM -0600, Bill Lear wrote: > > It wasn't investment for profit, but it certainly was taking a huge > risk with a ton of money for a far-off goal that, in this case, would > not greatly benefit themselves personally, but would benefit science > generally. Michael's point was that capitalists are often very > reluctant to do these things within the marketplace. My point is that > they sometimes do it in spectacular fashion outside of it. > -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
