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In the olden days the Church used to run hospices, asylums, shelters, soup kitchens and orphanages.

Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Feb 19th, 2009 at 05:03:45 AM EST
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Well yes but surely that's not what we want (ie, one important word is "olden"? Surely we don't want to delegate those key features of society to an organisation of institutionalised superstition and sectarism, funded by all without regards for their consent?

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. Gandhi
by Cyrille (cyrillev domain yahoo.fr) on Thu Feb 19th, 2009 at 05:31:11 AM EST
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And which provides those services spottily and rather selectively to boot.

That the church institutionalises superstition, frequently bordering rank stupidity, would offend my sense of aesthetics, but if it were that or quote-unquote "market solutions," I suppose I could live with it. It's the fact that it institutionalises discrimination that's the real deal-breaker.

- Jake

If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Thu Feb 19th, 2009 at 10:26:39 AM EST
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