On Tue, 16 Sep 2008, Peter BP wrote: Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:54:45 +0200 From: Peter BP <null@nada.net> Newsgroups: alt.computer.consultants, alt.politics.economics, sci.econ Subject: Re: Another deregulation failure (electricity related) Stray Dog <sdog2008@sdf.lonestar.org> wrote: All my life we always had reliable electricity in many regions of the country, all
Peter Bj/rn Perls/ wrote: Les Cargill <lcargill@cfl.rr.com> wrote: David Friedman wrote: On Sep 11, 7:25 pm, Les Cargill <lcarg...@cfl.rr.com> wrote: ... Power is 100%% *non*economic - economic forces are by mutual assent. If there is no mutual assent, it's coercion. Power. Why do you want to limit economics to voluntary interaction? Economics
Wanderer <not@there.yet> wrote: (David P.) <imbibe@mindspring.com> wrote: Stray Dog <sdog2...@sdf.lonestar.org> wrote: I read a lot of sci-fi when i was young & idealistic and optimistic and had the "faith" that science would solve all problems. Now...I'm not so sure. It's not fair to future generations to have to live in more crowded conditions, and
Old Pif <OldPif@gmail.com> wrote: On Sep 11, 9:09 pm, Wanderer <n...@there.yet> wrote: Stopping the suppression of influenza would be a good place to start. Or we could start more and bloodier wars. Or preventive bombardments of densely populated quarters, with 5 minutes warning to give equal chance. New Socialism? :D -- - Peter *** http://titancity
