by Henry Oliner | Mar 1, 2015 | Economics
from Selfishness, Greed, and Capitalism by Christopher Snowden As David Boaz (2011: 35) puts it: Critics of markets often complain that capitalism encourages and rewards self- interest. In fact, people are self- interested under any political system. Markets channel...
by Henry Oliner | Feb 17, 2015 | Economics
from Selfishness, Greed, and Capitalism by Christopher Snowden The observation that man can help others by helping himself is easily mistaken for a celebration of greed and selfishness. And since greed is morally objectionable, nothing good should come of it – the...
by Henry Oliner | Jan 28, 2015 | Economics
from Selfishness, Greed, and Capitalism by Christopher Snowden Like Chang, many critics of capitalism use ‘self- interest’ and ‘selfishness’ (or ‘greed’) interchangeably, but they are quite different. Selfishness implies indulging oneself at another’s expense, but...
