ashby@uiucdcsp.UUCP (02/17/85)
You make a false assumption: wealth is not bounded. There is
NOT a finite amount of wealth that has to spread around subject
to some set of social/economic constraints. Given the right
policies (FREE market), wealth is easily created, raising
everyone's standard of living. In doing so, our freedom and
security is enhanced.
Steven Ashby
Univ. of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaignmmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor) (02/24/85)
>You make a false assumption: wealth is not bounded. There is >NOT a finite amount of wealth that has to spread around subject >to some set of social/economic constraints. Given the right >policies (FREE market), wealth is easily created, raising >everyone's standard of living. In doing so, our freedom and >security is enhanced. > > > Steven Ashby Except for the a priori assumption of what constitutes "the right policies", this is dead on. We get the driving power for generating wealth mainly from the sun (and a little from nuclear fission), and we generate it by organizing materials or people. So long as the resources are sufficient, we can be as wealthy as we want (as a society). -- Martin Taylor {allegra,linus,ihnp4,floyd,ubc-vision}!utzoo!dciem!mmt {uw-beaver,qucis,watmath}!utcsri!dciem!mmt