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- From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
- Newsgroups: sci.environment,sci.econ,sci.anthropology
- Subject: Re: Development policies
- Date: 28 Dec 1992 23:07:33 GMT
- Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
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- References: <725039374snx@tillage.DIALix.oz.au> <BzxFn2.FIM@techbook.com> <184719@pyramid.pyramid.com>,<1992Dec28.213800.3424@vexcel.com>
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- In article <1992Dec28.213800.3424@vexcel.com>, dean@vexcel.com (Dean Alaska) writes:
- =>In article <BzxFn2.FIM@techbook.com>, szabo@techbook.com (Nick Szabo) writes:
- =>|> In the global economy, the rational self-interest of competitive
- =>|> market agents has demonstrated itself by far the best method for
- =>|> growing the global economy while preserving the global environment.
- =>|>
- =>
- =I would say that the democratic system of government under which
- =the market economies exist have shown themselves to be better at
- =preserving the global environment than the centralized economies.
- =Whether this relative success is due to the market
- =economies or is in spite of them is arguable. Secondly, that this
- =system has been better than centralized systems does not mean
- =that it is good enough. As to "growing the global economy" (never
- =thought I'd see Carl using Clinton's phraseology),
-
- You still haven't. You were quoting Nick, not me.
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