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me tliat the result in each case was produced by the same 

 economic law, and it w'as not the law of altruism. In the 

 case of the Raisin Trust there can be no doubt that to a 

 considerable extent it w^as promoted, from altruistic motives, 

 by those who expect no direct personal profit. The function 

 of altruism in cooperation seems to me to be that of inducing 

 other people to act according to their own best interests. And 

 it is doubtless a noble object. 



