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>most advances in human history have been done by for-profit organizations. Not even close. Also, see the article about how cartels are an emergent property[1]
by funthree 14y ago
>most advances in human history have been done by for-profit organizations.
Not even close. Also, see the article about how cartels are an emergent property[1] of a free market. Not that there really exists a better system than what we currently have, but don't kid yourself into thinking capitalism is some kind of benevolent savior of mankind. It's just not true.
1. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3494224 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3494224
- russell 14y agoGood stuff. Way back in the day I decided to become a software developer instead of getting my PhD in economics. Economics didnt make any sense to me. It was all philosophy and religion. As an undergraduate, I read only one article that had even basic calculus in it. Perhaps I should have majored in physics and then got my Economics PhD., but nobody did that sort of thing.