Saturday, September 20, 2008
Hold that thought
George Will writes:
The "poetry of the possible" is that things are organized without an organizer. [...] The spontaneous emergence of social cooperation - the emergence of a system vastly more complex, responsive and efficient than any government could organize - is not universally acknowledged or appreciated.Am I the only one who finds it weird that conservatives always accept this argument in economics, but never in biology? If life requires an "intelligent designer" for explanation, why not markets?
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RSS feed for comments | s wrote 9/21 9:21am in reply to Original article: I find it odd that stockholders are still getting dividends on these busted companies and the bosses will still get their bonuses. What happened to the company isn't doing well so you don't get any money. Why not hey pal, you've done such a lousey job you are close to taking down a whole economy so you not only don't get your golden parachute, but we are kicking you out and you can go to the back of the soup line. grumbling s (Reply) |
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