Re: "government failure"

[JKSCHW@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 00-02-13 14:45:30 EST, you write:

<<  What orthodox economists may see as
 "failure" is success to the capitalists or the Stalinist bureaucrats.
 However, we should keep in mind what "success" is from the point of the
 working classes.  >>

Well, I doubt whether either capitalists or bureaucrats see or saw pollution
as a success. It's a negative all around, for the bosses as wella s the
workers. But they will not clean it up unless they are forced
to--capitalists, if they are required by by law, lawsuits, and regulation to
internalize their costs, bureaucrats, unless they can be brought to deal by
democratic process that puts their jobs at risk. --jks