[lbo-talk] the paradox of choice

[mart]

i wasn't talking about swarthmore students----rather barry schwartz and his analyses in his book (which i read probably 5 years ago (in my pu-bleak library-----its 50% a homeless shelter, though they now have a rule of 'no sleeping, no sex in the bathrooms or between the bookshelves'; kinduh nice that law and order of advanced civilization).  
 
i just felt he was a bit in the ivory tower when discussing how people often make bad choices.    and i think he neglected the incentive to make me people make bad choices----for some people to maske good choices (eg eat at whole foods) they have to get other people make bad choices (sell them something that may be addictive, unnecesary, etc.)
 
 it reminds me of some socialist type academics who write something nice, about cooperative economics, so you visit them, and they suggest 'how about you get a job at walmart, and then organize the people into one big union, and then we'll have a nonviolent socialist revolution,  redistribute wealth and political power and perks and share good jobs.   drop me a card when you succeed, and keep an eye out for my next book on how we'll organize society when you've have finished stocking the shelves.' 
 

--- On Sat, 9/19/09, Alan Rudy <alan.rudy at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Alan Rudy <alan.rudy at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] the paradox of choice
To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
Date: Saturday, September 19, 2009, 12:19 AM

On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 8:18 PM, mart <media314159 at yahoo.com> wrote:


> i actually read that book; not too bad.  on the other hand, the dude is at
> swarthmore, where its very easy to a. make the right choices. and b. if you
> f-k up, you still have half your money to make the right choices (and that
> is what differentiates the better versus worser off---the worsers cant buy
> french fries.
>
> They have need based aid out the wazzoo... sure, there're lotsa rich and
rich-ish folks there but there are a surprising percentage with not all that
much... I was not alone.  It's a contradictory place, sure, but what school
isn't?
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