Greetings Economists, On Apr 16, 2007, at 1:22 PM, raghu wrote:
Shouldn't we let the people of rural India decide how to get electricity to their villages? Why do we feel like it is the responsibility of a centralized government to force electricity and other luxuries down the throats of villagers? Shouldn't the villagers beware of strangers bearing gifts?
Doyle; People decide such things for themselves by how the society is organized. If villages can't unite by other means but someone offers them cheap cell phones which effectively give them an electric computer hand held device, that would be the avenue of choice to connect people. In what sense then could one advocate them deciding for themselves? Without communication devices that use electricity? Or face to face social ties? Doyle
