[Les Cargill[_4_]]

William Sommerwerck wrote:
"Neil wrote in message
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William Sommerwerck wrote:

If anyone is interested in a little more of the psychology of
all this, pick up "ECO FADES -- How the Rise of Trendy
Enviromentalism is Harming the Environment" by Todd
Myers, published by the Washington Policy Center in
Seattle, WA.

The Washington Policy Center is a right-wing organization that
supports free-market solutions to problems. Oddly, I do, too --
except that I don't believe the free market always has a real,
effective solution to problems.

I would like someone to point out where a free market has ever
existed in the history of humans, because I can't find a single
example. If it doesn't exist, decisions based on the fantasy of it
re no better than any other scam or hoax.

I would say we have a basically free market in this country. It works fairly
well when greed doesn't run rampant, and there are no attempts to manipulate
it. Historically, many economic collapses (such as the most-recent) were the
result of attempts to manipulate the market, or corner a valuable commodity.




Most weren't. Vanishingly few actually were. The most recent was
as far away from that as you could get. read Scott Sumner for
details...

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Les Cargill