Re: POLITICS - 'foundation of economic science' [was - Gliadin and antioxidants]

January 27, 2004

<<This just indicates to me that you have very limited familiarity with

economic science. All humans make rational choices to act in such a way as to

maximize their happiness or minimize their discomfort. This is the foundation

of economic science, and it is no less true of a smal farmer than it is of a

person investing in a global corporation. All economic science proceeds from

this concept.>>

farmers and agriculture existed and functioned quite nicely before 'science' in

it's current western application, was invented.... not all people are rational

or make rational choices OR choices that would meet your specific take on any

given subject... nor is everyone so quick to dismiss others because they offer

different ways of looking at things [or ignore them, as the case might be]...

BTW... you should really have put the FOUNDATION OF ECONOMIC SCIENCE in

parenthesis as it's not a fact of life but rather a book title of one of your

current heroes...

Dedy

January 27, 2004