Dear Elisabeth I wish the meritorious would play tennis so that another tennis court could be built for others. If one is built at all, it is for the rich to play between their tanning sessions, massage parlors, and manicures. Unfortunately, the pie is not growing bigger for the poor; wealth is increasing for the top few (even in developed nations and so-called egalitarian societies). Wealth is neither trickling down nor is it distributed with any sense of justice (I am not saying equally but with any sense of justice).
Capitalism as Adam Smith envisioned is not working for the vast majority. It works for Bill Gates. I see the USA has had some limited success with Affirmative Action (some might want to call it 'reservations' although Affirmative Action spans a vast gamut of options). Affirmative Action did two things: 1. it enforced laws which ban discrimination, and 2. it set aside jobs (call it reservations or quotas or whatever you like) for those who have been marginalized. This two-pronged approach helped women and minorities advance. Yes, there might be instances of reverse discrimination but at the macro-level, it had some success. I can't see any other option besides reservations to get Dalits and other marginalized groups out of their current state. Regards, George --- Elisabeth Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear George, > You have given us an excellent example. I don't know > what the original context of this example in the book > was, but let me hypothesize a context. > > Let's suppose there is an inter-village Tennis > tournament. The prize money for the tournament, is to > be divided between the player and the clubhouse > sponsoring the player. The player gets a percentage to > do with it as he wishes. The club house's share is to > be reinvested in another tennis court for the village. _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)