Comments on: Cleaned by Capitalism VII http://cafehayek.com/2009/08/cleaned-by-capitalism-vii.html where orders emerge Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:06:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Anonymous http://cafehayek.com/2009/08/cleaned-by-capitalism-vii.html/comment-page-1#comment-179836 Anonymous Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:09:00 +0000 http://cafehayek.com/?p=6134#comment-179836 Quote: "That one side of a simple market transaction is government in no way reduces the free market actions and spirit of the other side of the transaction." I think we are not in disagreement here. Quote: “That one side of a simple market transaction is government in no way reduces the free market actions and spirit of the other side of the transaction.”

I think we are not in disagreement here.

]]> By: Anonymous http://cafehayek.com/2009/08/cleaned-by-capitalism-vii.html/comment-page-1#comment-179567 Anonymous Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:06:00 +0000 http://cafehayek.com/?p=6134#comment-179567 I am not sure I understand the thinking here. If I decide I have a specific need, a need that can not be fulfilled by any market that I know of, I advertise my need and promise to buy the product that fulfills my need and even state an attractive reward to the supplier; and, an enterprising trader scours the world and finds what I desired, he brings it to me and I give him the promised payment; Is the enterprising trader then obligated to adopt my ideology, my character, and is he obligated to ask me where I got the funds with which to reward him? That one side of a simple market transaction is government in no way reduces the free market actions and spirit of the other side of the transaction. I am not sure I understand the thinking here.

If I decide I have a specific need, a need that can not be fulfilled by any market that I know of, I advertise my need and promise to buy the product that fulfills my need and even state an attractive reward to the supplier; and, an enterprising trader scours the world and finds what I desired, he brings it to me and I give him the promised payment; Is the enterprising trader then obligated to adopt my ideology, my character, and is he obligated to ask me where I got the funds with which to reward him?

That one side of a simple market transaction is government in no way reduces the free market actions and spirit of the other side of the transaction.

]]> By: GregL http://cafehayek.com/2009/08/cleaned-by-capitalism-vii.html/comment-page-1#comment-179555 GregL Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:22:00 +0000 http://cafehayek.com/?p=6134#comment-179555 So, capitalism exists independendly of free markets? So, capitalism exists independendly of free markets?

]]> By: Anonymous http://cafehayek.com/2009/08/cleaned-by-capitalism-vii.html/comment-page-1#comment-179538 Anonymous Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:29:00 +0000 http://cafehayek.com/?p=6134#comment-179538 As long as we agree that tax payers' money can be put to good use through this process, I have no qualms with the procedure. For a moment I thought I was on the blog of a principled libertarian, but if this is acceptable, I think I have a healthcare system to sell you, where a government subsidized insurance co-op (stress: *not* 'government owned' or 'government run'!) insures citizens' health care, while private medical practitioners can continue to compete for patients and the subsidies are paid for by taxes. I'm glad we all came together on this issue, finally. ;-) As long as we agree that tax payers’ money can be put to good use through this process, I have no qualms with the procedure. For a moment I thought I was on the blog of a principled libertarian, but if this is acceptable, I think I have a healthcare system to sell you, where a government subsidized insurance co-op (stress: *not* ‘government owned’ or ‘government run’!) insures citizens’ health care, while private medical practitioners can continue to compete for patients and the subsidies are paid for by taxes. I’m glad we all came together on this issue, finally. ;-)

]]> By: Anonymous http://cafehayek.com/2009/08/cleaned-by-capitalism-vii.html/comment-page-1#comment-179524 Anonymous Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:18:00 +0000 http://cafehayek.com/?p=6134#comment-179524 Prize offered, no guidelines, no oversight, no restrictions, and competition open to all. Private experimentation, private development, private success, and finally the reward. Sounds like capitalism to me. That the reward and request came from a government is immaterial to the process. Prize offered, no guidelines, no oversight, no restrictions, and competition open to all. Private experimentation, private development, private success, and finally the reward.

Sounds like capitalism to me.

That the reward and request came from a government is immaterial to the process.

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