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To: epicure who wrote (63179)	5/3/2008 12:17:26 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Respond to of 542059

<<<Disasters are not a fabulous way to see the free market in action.>>> The world is getting more complex. The financial markets are only one example, where defaults in one part of the world roil financial markets around the globe. The food suply chain is another obvious example. Growing corn to convert to fuel in one region of the world, impact the food supply chain in the rest of the world. Our margin for error, where we can not overcome natural disasters is getting narrower and narrower. The impact of human behaviour impacting GW is difficult to prove in terms that are equivalent to mathematical certainty. It is like you are in an elevator and it is falling, you don't have to be an elevator mechanic to know something is wrong. You don't need mathematical proof that something is wrong. In a similar way, the views of knee jerk free market idealogues are problematic and often not helpful.