OTTAWA — Since the collapse of the financial industry in 2008 and the resulting recession, there are those who wonder whether unregulated competition is a good thing. As the economic and financial crisis has evolved, one economist and author says that Charles Darwin’s theory that individual and group interests often differ sharply probably better describes economic reality than most economists. Robert Frank suggests what might be good for an individual is not always good for society as a whole.. Indeed, he
He’ll discuss economic Darwinism in this Sunday’s edition of Community Perspective at 8:04.
Thursday, Oct. 27, 6 p.m.
