Well and good, if we remember that effective metaphor must start from something concrete. And there is the humanist difference. It is this kind of concreteness that makes ideas and concepts come alive, become singable. The free markets mantram. The triumphant economic ideology , especially in the US today, argues that the most efficient way to meet human wants is to free the marketplaces of all interference in order that consumers and producers can bargain realistically.
Much recent discussion revolves around the morality of consumption.
A small group argue that ethical persons should live simply, minimizing their wants regardless of the overall economic constriction. Many more argue that consumption stimulates production and reduces costs. In all this, I find almost absent any consideration of the restraints upon producer-freedom that many industrialized countries have come to take for granted. Environmental protection, workplace and consumer health and safety, contract honesty, product liability, all come to mind. The list is, and should be much longer.