tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post8658549687565638746..comments2024-03-06T06:34:42.881-05:00Comments on EconoSpeak: The Long Arm of the Cold WarUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-73159417235082602472015-05-10T03:35:09.169-04:002015-05-10T03:35:09.169-04:00Walker this was brilliant. All of a sudden a lot o...Walker this was brilliant. All of a sudden a lot of vague connections became a tight nexus. Lots to chew on here, thanx.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04849952583072660993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-36719866401315320582015-05-09T20:46:24.892-04:002015-05-09T20:46:24.892-04:00All good stuff to bring to the surface. There are...All good stuff to bring to the surface. There are a lot of ironies here, including (a) Government sponsoring a sort-of-anti-government philosophy and (b) the philosophy lending itself to "rational calculation" of policy without actual capitalist enterprise. <br /><br />But I'd like more information on one point. McCumber says "preferences were not specified: they could be altruistic as well as selfish." But my understanding is that this really isn't true -- "other regarding" preferences are ruled out, for technical and/or ideological reasons. (The other Rand hated altruism.) <br /><br />Do I understand correctly? And if so, what, technically, is the definition of "other regarding preferences". I've tried to think that through but it seems impossible to capture cleanly. jedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11258416181053973027noreply@blogger.com