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FryHigh
on July 23, 2017
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Is Productivity Growth Becoming Irrelevant?
All business is aimed at "human welfare". Even if the people in the business are not fully aware of it.
woodandsteel
on July 23, 2017
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You are absolutely correct. So for instance, corporations never attempt to make money doing something they know would be bad for society.
mhluongo
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Someone's welfare, sure. Human welfare in the greater sense, not so much. Arguments about the invisible hand fall apart in the face of regulatory capture
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