On 6/7/07, David B. Shemano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
And you have to criticize poor dead Milton [Friedman, not John, the author of PARADISE LOST]. If I thought you had read the pages of Capitalism and Freedom that I referenced, let alone understood them, I would ask you to explain the flaw in Milton's argument. But since I don't think you have any idea what his argument was, I won't bother.<
BTW, even though this is not aimed at me, I _have_ read those pages. In my studies of the world and my personal experience, I have found them to be inaccurate again and again. So for me, the benefits of going back to read those pages again are far exceeded by the costs. (There's a utilitarian argument!) I do know that the main logical flaw of his argument is the false analogy between MF's bowdlerized and sanitized vision of capitalism and the real world of capitalism. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
