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Actions reflect (unconscious) convictions

Among my construction and sustainability feeds are a growing number of food and economics links. Seems everything is connected. Whilst it’s not something I would blog about full time (a little too far off topic), I am constantly educating myself on the issues (readers have probably picked up themes from my del.icio.us links). Here is a passage which I found thought provoking today:

Free-market fundamentalists often criticize environmentalists (and other non-fundamentalists) for wanting to interfere with the natural, unfettered workings of the economy, which are supposed to embody some quasi-mystical perfection. Their argument would carry more weight if those supposedly simon-pure markets hadn’t already been endlessly tinkered with in order to tilt the playing field in favor of one business interest or another.

I’m not going into the food issues here - as I’ve already said, a little off-topic. My point is less about food and more about broader issues. One’s beliefs about economics, which are often* seldom explored and have roots in ‘nurture’ (what your parents believed, what papers you read, what your peers think), are a reflections of other beliefs such as how you believe a business should be run.

I’m sure there’s more to explore on this topic but I haven’t quite formulated my theories yet. Let’s just say I’m still in reconnaissance mode. But if you find any links which you think may be of interest to me in the meantime, drop me a line or leave me a del.icio.us link (just tag with for:melstar73)

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