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hard in the NRA, believed in it and pushed it, Lubin always had a doubt in his mind if this would do the trick, if this conscious, voluntary pushing the wheels around really would do the trick. He didn't make any recommendations. No good economist could have recommendations as to a politically conscious action to be taken. There is no such thing. Men's actions in the economic field are in response either to what they conceive to be self-interest, the opportunity to make money, and the opportunity to protect themselves, whether they are labor or employers, or they are in response to some moral - I use “moral” because of the lack of any better word - prompting. I can't say ethical, because ethical isn't a strong enough word. But a moral prompting is something that deeply involves the emotions, the convictions, the spiritual verification of the individual. So the action they take in the economic field may be the result of a moral conviction and prompting, or it may be a self-interest economic one, or it may be a combination of the two, which it often is. So no economist can possibly say, “This is the economic answer and solution.” There is no such thing. I'm sure of that and I'm sure that no economist would attempt to. He will warn you against this saying, “This won't do at all. This isn't enough. You can't rely upon this conscious effort alone. There must be some thing more. There must be