I have COMPLETE faith in a free market. Because it works.....pure and simple.
You throw around this phrase "socially responsible". But that's really an amalgam of a wide variety of things, and probably means something different to you than it does to me. If you are talking about the ability of the consumers and workers to affect a business through the applied forces within a market.....then yes, you can affect that aspect of social responibility from within the market. If you want to talk about responsibilities of a business towards the environment, then yes, I agree that a collective government of the people can and should impose statutes on businesses within the area that require a certain level of environmental checks. I don't call this a restriction on free market enterprise. If this is what you mean by "a free market, with help", then I guess we are in agreement...and the difference is merely semantics. > Well thats supposed to be free market...my point there was more that the > arguement that if walmart of social irresponsilbe that the free market > would > take care of that...and thats just not always true...hence forth my > earlier > comment on not having faith in the free market. It works but it only works > with help... > > Adam > > On 1/18/06, dana tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> How would that work? Not unless people put their money where their values >> are I wouldn't think... >> >> >Wait a second shouldn't the free market force a company into be more >> >environmentally friendly? >> > >> >Adam >> > >> >On 1/18/06, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:193137 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
