I think about this issue a lot and I completely agree with you about pricing things properly. The problem is, if someone can offload their costs onto someone else, or the environment, they will. The only way proper pricing happens, as far as I can tell, is if governments require it, and people just have it in their heads that they don't want the government doing this (agriculture and carbon emissions in New Zealand being a great example I'm seeing).
The kind of big change that would come from the top is the type that we probably wouldn’t want to see. We could definitely use some of the FLC changes you suggest, including in the food industry, which purposely puts out products that make us sick and shorten our lives and not only profits from doing so, but gets very rich. A positive outcome would require the big food cos. to incorporate a little TLC to their attitude toward customers rather than only thinking about the bottom line. I fear that will never happen. Thanks for another provocative post, Mark.
TLC of a cheeseburger and fries to society must be staggering in future medical costs and lost health productivity just like cigarette smoking is. Thanks for making us think about this dynamic.
In the poll, what about “all of the above?” Big change doesn’t ‘only’ come from one source. To quote Marge Simpson, “One person can make a difference, but I guess most of the time they shouldn’t.”
But then only rich people could eat bacon!
I think about this issue a lot and I completely agree with you about pricing things properly. The problem is, if someone can offload their costs onto someone else, or the environment, they will. The only way proper pricing happens, as far as I can tell, is if governments require it, and people just have it in their heads that they don't want the government doing this (agriculture and carbon emissions in New Zealand being a great example I'm seeing).
The kind of big change that would come from the top is the type that we probably wouldn’t want to see. We could definitely use some of the FLC changes you suggest, including in the food industry, which purposely puts out products that make us sick and shorten our lives and not only profits from doing so, but gets very rich. A positive outcome would require the big food cos. to incorporate a little TLC to their attitude toward customers rather than only thinking about the bottom line. I fear that will never happen. Thanks for another provocative post, Mark.
TLC of a cheeseburger and fries to society must be staggering in future medical costs and lost health productivity just like cigarette smoking is. Thanks for making us think about this dynamic.
In the poll, what about “all of the above?” Big change doesn’t ‘only’ come from one source. To quote Marge Simpson, “One person can make a difference, but I guess most of the time they shouldn’t.”
Do I have to point out that’s a joke?