Social Responsibility and Market Signals

by Don Boudreaux on August 23, 2010

in Complexity and Emergence, Energy, Environment, Food and Drink, Hubris and humility, Myths and Fallacies, Prices

Over at The Big Questions, Steve Landsburg homes in on the most substantial objection to “locovorism” – and, by implication, to other attempts to persuade people to behave in allegedly ‘socially responsible’ ways by ignoring market signals.  This Landsburg post is a must-read.

(Relatedly, see this short article, published by PERC, by Hiroko Shimizu.)

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