Re: Private urban green space

2004-08-01 Thread Fred Foldvary
--- Jeffrey Rous [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do think that a lot of times, economists are hostile the the idea of a public good like a park if there is some way to make the good excludable (fenced parks in London, country clubs, etc.). -Jeff Economists are not hostile to public goods. Public

Re: Private urban green space

2004-08-01 Thread Sampo Syreeni
On 2004-08-01, Fred Foldvary uttered: Economists are not hostile to public goods. Still, knowledge of economics tends to make you more receptive to the idea of the invisible hand and the possibilities of private economic organization. Hence, it makes you more libertarian. And libertarians are

Re: Private urban green space

2004-08-01 Thread AdmrlLocke
In a message dated 8/1/04 3:45:57 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Economists are not hostile to public goods. Still, knowledge of economics tends to make you more receptive to the idea of the invisible hand and the possibilities of private economic organization. Hence, it makes you more