So let us be thankful for the successful profit-motive in others. Of course, none of us should respond only to the forces of the market place. Fortunately few of us do. Americans are not only among the richest people in the world today but among the most generous. It is only when each of us has provided for more than his own needs that he can acquire a surplus to help meet the needs of others.
Voluntary cooperation is the key.
From the February 1985 issue of The Freeman. This e-text is made available by The Henry Hazlitt Foundation in cooperation with The Foundation for Economic Education . Please visit our flagship Internet service Free-Market. The world's most comprehensive source for information on liberty .