#37 On free markets
Dear Mat, Good questions. I guess I am being ideological, in the sense that it’s impossible not to be. I take it that more freedom for more people is better
The work of Jamie Freestone and Mathew McGann
Dear Mat, Good questions. I guess I am being ideological, in the sense that it’s impossible not to be. I take it that more freedom for more people is better
Dear M, Our representations of the world are of roughly two kinds: innate (you call them “toolkits”) and ideological (which you call “maps”)*. The problem with maps, you say is
Dear Mat, Even if we cast aside our ideological, manufactured maps it doesn’t quite mean that we’re mapless. Surely the process of evolution endowed us with a series of inherited maps.
Dear Mat, There’s a bet involved here. For me the odds are very bad that any serious change will improve the system. For me. I flourish in a liberal democracy
Dear Mat, This is the letter where I’ve had the least to disagree with so I’ll expand on something you wrote: “Many would disagree but I think truth is alive
Dear Mat, I’ve tried lamely over the years to make fun of leaders for doing stupid things. Pretty standard really. I’ve always felt that something like, say, mutually assured destruction
I’m a complete amateur at this stuff but I try to keep my hand in, because it seems important. In fact, the most important thing there is: good old Cold War-style
Dear Mat, Apologies for lateness. This time my excuses are: homelessness and food poisoning. Thanks for the comments on my hastily drawn up golden rule for politics, namely: