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So how does the free market solve the problem of incentivizing people to not destroy the commons? Oh, that's right, it doesn't.
by inimino 10y ago
So how does the free market solve the problem of incentivizing people to not destroy the commons? Oh, that's right, it doesn't.
- nec4b 10y agoMaybe you should check the environment of former socialist republics (e.g. Soviet Union), since you somehow believe that collectivist systems take better care of the commons.
- inimino 10y agoDid I say that? No. Maybe you should check your cold war mindset whereby pointing out a limitation of the free market necessarily gets a response about the USSR. As though that were literally the only possible alternative. To recap: ori_b: How to disincentivize fossil fuel use? [a current policy goal] briandear: The free market! All we need is magical energy tech that doesn't exist yet and makes oil obsolete overnight, haha. me: The free market actually doesn't solve the externality problem. you: The USSR wasn't perfect either!