I'm very happy my governement makes regulations : * the market didn't decide VW should not fake emission * the market didn't decide Fukushima to be secured * th

I'm very happy my governement makes regulations : * the market didn't decide VW should not fake emission * the market didn't decide Fukushima to be secured * the market didn't decide bisphenol-A is dangerous * the market didn't avoid asbestos * the market didn't choose forbid to sell cigarettes to people who can be hurt by them (i.e. children) * the market didn't decide tax avoidance is a bad thing Eventually, those things will get fixed, but when the damage is done (see asbestos), i.e. when it's too late. The problem is that market pushes business to make money, not to be virtuous. That's because when a business must choose between "closing" and "going on but being less than virtuous", the business says "I don't have choice, it's either live or nothing", so I choose "live on". I understand that not all business operate like this. But many people will make that choice because it's practical. Much like choosing between free software (politically fine but economically broken (that's an approximation)) and proprietary software (ok to enslave people but economically viable).