King@lemy.lol to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 9 个月前We livelemy.lolimagemessage-square118fedilinkarrow-up1838arrow-down128
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minus-squarehglman@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 个月前This is just saying that capitalism is the best because it behaves like capitalism.
minus-squarenbafantest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 个月前Not really. Markets are great at rewarding clever improvements. Other systems are not great at that.
minus-squarehglman@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 个月前Can you quantify that statement in any way?
minus-squarenbafantest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 个月前“they align people’s incentives in ways that communicate where resources can be be used most efficiently, and give people reasons to come up with new ways of using existing resources.”
This is just saying that capitalism is the best because it behaves like capitalism.
Not really. Markets are great at rewarding clever improvements. Other systems are not great at that.
Can you quantify that statement in any way?
“they align people’s incentives in ways that communicate where resources can be be used most efficiently, and give people reasons to come up with new ways of using existing resources.”
Spoiler: he can’t