Friedman claims that economics is not based on philosophy and that "predatory" is a valid scientific/economic concept. I challenge him to justify this outside a rejection of capitalism (as rights-based) as justified by selflessness. €€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€ I fought the Logos and the Logos won. ODYSSEUS ...the silly dead... HOMER Reason is man's basic means of survival. AYN RAND --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Tracking Marxist dialectical revolution: ZigZag Radically systematic radical metaphysics: Existence 2 http://home.att.net/~sdgross --------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Stephen Grossman Fairhaven, MA, USA sdgr...@att.net €€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€