>>But if people were going to die of starvation anyhow, the market
>>system has not only done no harm, but actually resulted in an
>>improvement.
>>
>>Bill Bartlett
>>Bracknell Tas
>
>The exact argument of Lord Edward Lytton and Sir Richard Temple in
>not wishing to pervert "the market" by saving lives who would
>otherwise die anyway. Of course 50 million dead between the years
>1876-1899 because of the imposition of market forces is generally
>considered a "natural disaster", the result of drought rather than
>what it really was. "The markets" failures are every bit as
>spectacular as anything any central planners could be blamed for.
I've no idea what your point is, who are these jokers, that isn't what I'm saying and if you'd read what I said you'd see I'm not defending markets. Maybe you've taken them completely out of context too?
Bill Bartlett Bracknell Tas