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.

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