On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:28:36 -0800, SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
wrote in <455cf425$0$88688$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>:

>tmoran@acm.org wrote:
>>> If it made sense (demand and economics), then the market would provide
>>> it. When that hasn't happened, then either demand or economics aren't
>>> there.
>> The "market" in economics is like "assume a spherical cow" in physics.
>> It's usually good for a first approximation, but sometimes fails udderly.
>
>There are many situations where due to overwhelming public interest, the
>government funds programs that would never occur if they depended on
>market forces.

Actually not.

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