tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post2131472043751694632..comments2024-03-28T08:57:53.180+00:00Comments on Darwinian Conservatism by Larry Arnhart: Is Emporiophobia (Fear of Markets) Rooted in Our Evolved Human Nature?Larry Arnharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14619785331100785170noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-25249873732821774182017-11-03T00:00:23.021+00:002017-11-03T00:00:23.021+00:00I agree with you that Hayek perhaps goes a bit too...I agree with you that Hayek perhaps goes a bit too far in suggesting people are evolved to prefer socialism over markets. However, I do think that people are very much zero-sum thinkers, and that this thinking is at best very difficult to overcome in the vast majority of people. It's why, even if people don't favor outright socialism, they often favor redistributionist policies. <br /><br />It's hard to get people to think like an economist, even if they understand intuitively that trade is beneficial to them. What people seem to miss is the fact that the only difference between me and Bill Gates is that he has engaged in billions more mutually beneficial exchanges than I have. <br /><br />Well, not the only difference, of course. The reason he was able to do that is because he was also innovative and created something(s) new people wanted. We need to include innovation/invention in our economics models much more often to clarify this for everyone--including all too many economists.Troy Camplinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16515578686042143845noreply@blogger.com