Economy in the purest sense is, but financial profit is not. People seem to confuse economy with financial functions. Companies seem to do most things for finan

Economy in the purest sense is, but financial profit is not. People seem to confuse economy with financial functions. Companies seem to do most things for financial reasons, particularly profit to owners, not economic reasons. I think this distinction is important as "economics" hides the egregious use of business for financial gain at the cost of much else in society.