Posted by sigismund on April 28, 2011, at 2:35:24
In reply to Re: is pleasant/but odd » sigismund, posted by mtdewcmu on April 27, 2011, at 22:32:24
> My introductory economics professor in college claimed that the most rational way to distribute adopted children would be to sell them to the highest bidder. He claimed that it was only squeamishness that prevented us from doing what was optimal.
I suppose he was right. Thank God for squeamishness. This is from the same people who believe that the more choice you have the happier you are. "Voltaire's Bastards" may have been about this. I didn't feel right when I read it, so I'm not sure.
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