From: Mitchell, Jerry (3337) (Jerry.Mitchell@esavio.com)
Date: Tue Aug 28 2001 - 12:41:24 MDT
> At 10:03 AM 28/08/2001 -0400, Mitchell, Jerry (3337) wrote:
> >Zero wrote:
> > > there are alternatives other than unregulated markets on
> one hand and
> > > totalitarian socialist regimes on the other. Though die hard
> > > libertarians
> > > will disagree, free enterprise mixed with a spoonful of
> > > socially responsible
> > > regulation can go a long way.
> > >
> > > Unrestrained capitalism (think early industrial US) leads to huge
> > > discrepancies in the distribution of wealth, which leads to
> > > social unrest
> > > (think the early labor movement) and even upheaval (think French
> > > Revolution).
> >
> >Im not aware of any place unrestrained capitalism has even
> been tested.
>
>
> I think you are making that same mistake of thinking that it
> has to be all
> or none, Jerry.
>
> Unsharpened as in not very sharp... unheated as in not
> particularly warm...
> Unrestrained as in less restrained.
>
> Cheers,
>
> - Miriam
If market distortions caused by government interference leads to more
distortions, we better well find a way to make it pure...
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Sat Nov 02 2002 - 08:10:11 MST