tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005828310780164124.post6757104235163651800..comments2023-05-27T01:15:12.973-07:00Comments on Boyd's Life Blog: Economic StimulusA. Boyd Campbell, IIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222970106667298421noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005828310780164124.post-58728768580473480152009-01-11T09:58:00.000-08:002009-01-11T09:58:00.000-08:00Some animals are much smarter when they work in gr...Some animals are much smarter when they work in groups. An ant colony, for instance, can achieve incredible feats of engineering and architecture that no single ant can.<BR/><BR/>Human beings, however, are much dumber working in groups. A mob makes mistakes no single person working alone ever would.<BR/><BR/>A free market can achieve remarkable things, but sometimes it acts like a mob, and that's when we have to step in and control it for our own sake.A. Boyd Campbell, IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222970106667298421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6005828310780164124.post-53992080420456105322009-01-11T09:47:00.000-08:002009-01-11T09:47:00.000-08:00I agree that the missing piece from the free marke...I agree that the missing piece from the free market is individual discipline/responsibility. People do not function well when there are no rules. In those cases, might makes right, and how civilized is that?Nicole Bradshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00921229689096451802noreply@blogger.com