The Invisible Hand of the Market [TIHOT]

u"Competition. Solidarity. Growth.<br>--------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>New Eden's market is frail and uncompetitive, and this brings sufering to its people.<br>We seek to correct that, not out of greed but out of compassion and a desire to bring stability and help this society flourish.<br><br>Sometimes that will involve hauling cargo from where it is produced to where it is most needed.<br>Other times it will involve making markets to fight predatory prices.<br>Society will not praise it in words, but they will lavish us with profit we will gladly accept.<br><br>-----------------------------------------------<br><br>In the words of the immortal Adam Smith: <br><br>\u201cIt is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own self-interest. We address ourselves not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities, but of their advantages\u201d"