tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679605725734094223.post3926233048756773106..comments2023-09-01T09:19:54.827-04:00Comments on Calvin Economics: What I want you to learnSteven McMullenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07750329696926917789noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679605725734094223.post-66165445628509392202010-10-13T07:39:49.359-04:002010-10-13T07:39:49.359-04:00Dear Prof. Tiemstra,
Thank you for your thoughtfu...Dear Prof. Tiemstra,<br /><br />Thank you for your thoughtful entry!<br /><br />You wrote:<br /><br />"Economic efficiency is desirable, but it is not the only thing we're looking for. We also want distributive justice, ecological sustainability, and caring relationships within the economy."<br /><br />My question is: You seem still to put much emphasis on economic efficiency, even primacy. Why do you do that?<br /><br />Why not say without an apology to anyone:<br /><br />"Caring relationships (with man and God) are most desirable. To reach this goal we want also, as a means, to look at distributive justice, ecological sustainability, and economic efficiency."<br /><br />Or as Alfred Marhall put it:<br /><br />"Men, even now, are capable of much more unselfish service than they generally render: and the supreme aim of the economist is to discover how this latent social asset can be developed most quickly, and turned to account most wisely."Jaakkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14955052074128052936noreply@blogger.com