[lbo-talk] The "Law" of Unintended Consequences WAS Re: Contradiction

[Tayssir John Gabbour]

On Dec 2, 2007 4:24 PM, John Adams <jadams01 at sprynet.com> wrote:
> I'd go further than Doug and say it's a bedrock piece of faith on
> the libertarian right that, due to the "law" of unintended
> consequences, you cannot do anything to help people without hurting
> them more. It's the flip side of faith in the invisible hand, and
> one of the most pernicious ideas I've ever had to argue against.

Do you think it's possible to use right-wing metaphors against each other?

So, if they talk about the Law of Unintended Consequences, you'd reply
that this mustn't justify Analysis Paralysis?

If they talk Invisible Hand, you'll say that the only Hand of God you
respect lies within religion, not economics? Or that Faith-Based Econ
is blasphemous?

Tayssir