Good Deeds never go unpunished?

Is Adam Smith right in his discusion in the Wealth of Nations about the nature of society where
all interactions are reduced to nothing more than a series of simple cost benifit analyses?

What direction will this idea take us as a species, a world where every thing has a price?
That is a very dark future for those who have nothing to trade.

A religous man would say that we are flawed, I disagree, we are always learning.

Ghandi was not perfect but he represented a compelling idea to a
diverse population that was on the edge of the precipice of violent revolution against the British Empire and his compelling idea held the Indian people back from this abyss, freed them of the empires influence, and most importantly saved countless lives.

We need a compelling idea to get us past the heartless aspects of classical economics without totally destroying what good things we have created, what that idea is I do not know but I am always listening.

Maybe this guy has the answer.
http://www.zefrank.com/theshow/archives/2006/05/052206.html#