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Re: The oil and gas situation, according to the expurts



On Friday, October 3, 2003 at 00:30:12 (-0700) Sabri Oncu writes:
>Leonard E. Read in David Shemano's link:
>
>> The lesson I have to teach is this: Leave all creative energies
>> uninhibited. Merely organize society to act in harmony with
>> this lesson. Let society's legal apparatus remove all obstacles
>> the best it can. Permit these creative know-hows freely to
>> flow. Have faith that free men and women will respond to the
>> Invisible Hand.
>
>Whose invisible hand is this David?

After 20 years in the business sector, I know first-hand how
relatively free men and women will respond to the Invisible Hand: they
will seek to avoid it, creating structures such as corporations, and
making contractual deals that "lock-in" others and that further
protect themselves from the tyranny of the market.


Bill



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