I think your unecesserally criticising the person your commenting on.
They never said free/unregulated market. They just said market driven.
Markets and market forces are tools. If left unregulated they, as you pointed out, devolve into optimising for the short term and the narrow bad of monetisable effects (ie the problem of externalities).
But a regulated market is a force to be recond with, and if properly regulated, a force for a lot of good.
So you are both right. We need market solutions (as those are most effective) but within a regulated market that makes sure that market forces are pushing everyone in the direction that is good for society.
They never said free/unregulated market. They just said market driven.
Markets and market forces are tools. If left unregulated they, as you pointed out, devolve into optimising for the short term and the narrow bad of monetisable effects (ie the problem of externalities).
But a regulated market is a force to be recond with, and if properly regulated, a force for a lot of good.
So you are both right. We need market solutions (as those are most effective) but within a regulated market that makes sure that market forces are pushing everyone in the direction that is good for society.