Economies Work when Individuals Want Profit

I just got done reading an article on economics and it baffles me that a writer can get away with writing on the economy without so much as a mention to product quality.

This may go without saying, but it happens often enough, that an individual makes a buying or selling decision without an interest in making or taking a profit. This is extremely bad for a free market. When actors share an interest in profit, the economy runs smooth. When we get relaxed about our interests things fall apart.

"Everyone has some interest in their buying decisions," you may say. But with reckless investing and shotgun business tactics, we are nearly certain to lose interest in profit. Bringing the economy low.

To the point, individuals must make educated, timely, and, in 1 way or another, profitable purchases.

I'm in no way an economic purist. If color or size benefits your purchase, all the better. Just let it be something.

Forget intellectual property. Forget the ladder. Forget products that waste time and money.

Do remember how to invent quality.