mercoledì 3 ottobre 2018

Le virtù morali del percato

https://www.econlib.org/pro-market-and-pro-business/

prima difesa
My prima facie case begins with this basic fact: Businesses produce and deliver virtually all of the wonderful, affordable products that we enjoy. Contrary to millennia of economic illiterates, businesses rarely do so by “exploiting” their workers.  

secondo https://feedly.com/i/entry/B7jw4LCucCLXhd0mcd9EmMn+sbxtNLGOdNAs60PDOTo=_16636611f3c:2d0ae53:a84931b0

almost all businesses pay taxes.*  At the margin, then, they produce more value than they earn.  So why not mitigate this disincentive with some gratitude?

terzo

almost all businesses are imperfectly competitive: monopoly, oligopoly, monopolistic competition… take your pick.  At the margin, these imperfectly competitive firms produce more value than they earn;

la cultura del rispeto e dell'ammirazione è importante

If no one respects business, business has to rely solely on the efforts of the rare humans who do not crave respect.

la gratitudine, poi, fa bene innanzitutto a chi la esprime https://www.econlib.org/archives/2013/09/the_gratitude_o.html