Jayson_Virissimo comments on Rationality Quotes December 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 05 December 2012 08:51:43AM *  9 points [-]

Hayek was right. Capitalists in a mixed-economy seem to be in something analogous to a prisoner's dilemma. It would benefit any individual capitalist to seek monopoly privileges for their own firm, but it hurts all of them if any significant number of them do so.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 06 December 2012 04:25:18AM 3 points [-]

Not to mention this.