Whole Foods is getting punished over the health care debate mainly because they have better than the typical corporation in most other ways. I think it would be good, in general, for corporations to move in the direction of Whole Foods. Just because a company is 70% of the way to being “great” (however you define that) doesn’t mean that it deserves to get attacked more than the ones that are 30% of the way there.You happen to notice Whole Foods gaffs, but what about the norm for so many other companies?

Being an economics student, I know that “they” don’t “always” think “everything” is in equilibrium. That’s probably about half of the macroeconomists out there. Nonetheless, economists can come down too much on the status quo side, and fail to take into account some intangibles in their modeling, because, well, they’re intangible. A little mixing of environmentalism and economics could be very successful.

Here’s my idea: It would take some engineers much better at math than me to make, but it would be fantastic. Make a car that is powered by windmill under the hood. The grill of the car would be oriented so that the air will run the windmill as long as the car is moving. The electricity can be stored in a battery for use in a starting the car from a standstill. No more oil needed!

Whole Foods is getting punished over the health care debate mainly because they have better than the typical corporation in most other ways. I think it would be good, in general, for corporations to move in the direction of Whole Foods. Just because a company is 70% of the way to being “great” (however you define that) doesn’t mean that it deserves to get attacked more than the ones that are 30% of the way there.You happen to notice Whole Foods gaffs, but what about the norm for so many other companies?

Being an economics student, I know that “they” don’t “always” think “everything” is in equilibrium. That’s probably about half of the macroeconomists out there. Nonetheless, economists can come down too much on the status quo side, and fail to take into account some intangibles in their modeling, because, well, they’re intangible. A little mixing of environmentalism and economics could be very successful.

Here’s my idea: It would take some engineers much better at math than me to make, but it would be fantastic. Make a car that is powered by windmill under the hood. The grill of the car would be oriented so that the air will run the windmill as long as the car is moving. The electricity can be stored in a battery for use in a starting the car from a standstill. No more oil needed!