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I was mainly responding to the statement: > More government involvement is seldom the right answer Are there workable solutions to negative externalities othe
by dwaltrip 7y ago
I was mainly responding to the statement:
> More government involvement is seldom the right answer
Are there workable solutions to negative externalities other than government involvement?
Obviously, regulation doesn't always work perfectly, but until some other way of handling negative externalities is discovered, it seems we should focus on improving how regulation is done those cases.
There are other arguments for government, but I find this to be the simplest and most compelling.
- scarface74 7y agoAre there workable solutions to negative externalities other than government involvement? When it comes to tech, "negative externalities" usually equals "a company is doing something I don't like" not "a company is killing people or harming the environment".
- dwaltrip 7y agoThe main reason for my reply was that it seemed like your comment was making broad statements about government, such as implying that government is incapable of competently tackling any problem. I responded in kind with a broad statement as I felt that was a harmful sweeping generalization that ignored fundamental dynamics such as negative externalities, and needed to be challenged. Edit: Sorry for the repeated edits.