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Re: Ecological Economics and Entropy



auld@qed.econ.queensu.ca wrote:

-> Jay Hanson  <jhanson@ilhawaii.net> wrote:
-> 
-> >By Darwinian lights, Democracy and Capitalism are no more than
-> > formalized battles over sex and food.
-> 
-> Jay might want to read some of what biologists and economists have
written
-> on the interaction between genetic and "memetic" evolution in human
-> societies, although it is interesting to see him coming down square
on
-> the side of naive sociobiology.  He may then want to continue his
-> readings by examining the concept that market interactions are not
-> zero-sum (and hence not "battles") and the literature on the
evolution
-> of cooperation.

I will read just about anything because there are different
"correct" ways of looking at the same event.  I find
sociobiology very interesting and complimentary my studies
in other disciplines.

Re: your reference to the "battles over food and sex", it
is true that these battles are not zero-sum -- they are
uniformly a net loss.

Read about thermodynamics some time.

I would be more than happy to discuss other economic
fantasies with you.

Jay -- http://csf.Colorado.EDU/authors/hanson/


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