Re: [tlug] Re: Post my article on tlug.jp?

[Curt Sampson <cjs@example.com>]

On Mon, 30 Jul 2007, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:

> No, it blows the whole structure to hell and gone, unfortunately.
> What you lose immediately is all of the theorems that say "the market
> does a pretty good job, assuming you find the income distribution
> acceptable."
>
> It's also not that easy to work with such preferences.

Really? I would have thought that all of the following preferences:

    o for a TrackPoint in the middle of my laptop keyboard which leads
      me to choose Lenovo over Fujitsu,

    o for a coffee where the growers are treated fairly, which leads
      someone to chose Starbucks "Fair Trade Certified" over something
      else, and

    o for a product that does not support Microsoft, whihc leads Lyle
      to buy a laptop from a small vendor rather than Dell,

are all basically the same thing.

Got some web-accessable references (or a Wikipedia article suggestion)
for further information on what you're talking about?

cjs
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