> The economy, of course, is efficient but efficient only in providing misery.
--- Michael Albert and Robin Hahnel with E.K. Hunt

> ... He intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible foot to promote...[misery]... By pursuing his own interest he frequently promotes social misery more effectually than when he really intends to promote it.
--- with apologies to Adam Smith

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