On Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at 07:26:38 (-0800) Michael Perelman writes: >Some capitalists screw everybody 6 days a week & give some away on Sunday, >sometimes >for PR and sometimes to make themselves feel good & moral.
Yes, this aspect of capitalist psychology is certainly true, but some times they do it because they do have some grasp of the greater good. Bill >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 _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
