Max,
I get the digest, so sometimes a thread goes a long way before I see any of it.
And I should also say that I'm in a great hurry this morning and can't begin
to say the things that come to mind after reading the contributions on this
very interesting and very important (if off-subject) topic.
But you are by no means alone in your views. I have taught social and
political philosophy for thirty years, including courses in a university
college of business. My best friend is a professor of finance and marketing.
And I know as much about markets and such as most folks. And the idea that
they are somehow magical and deregulation the key to a better society (whether
the market is for cars or mail or airport screeners) has become an article of
faith, not of reason, among a huge chunk of the population. This view, howeve
superficailly attractive, doesn't hold up. And the people who run major
corporations know this better than anybody. They do, however, depend on an
awful lot of other people believing it.
More, when I'm back from Spain, unless the admin shuts this down. :>)
Richard
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