Comparability of Pyschological Disorder and The Problem of Our Global Financial System

I see that there is an obvious problem with opiates that especially starts with prescription abuse. I am not sure that the problem is rooted in a malicious medical/pharmaceutical industry, rather I suspect much of the reason we cannot optimize our medicines is related to a fallible price mechanism and lack of a truly efficient/free market (which would optimize the feedback needed to solve the complex problem a disorderly mind presents).

I could understand a use of prescription medication that might “lift” the person up to the common standard of thinking in hopes that, by being suspended in such a “status quo” state, they might then eventually naturally stay in such a state or learn how to stay or return to such a state.

I'm not sure if this is the philosophy behind the science but it might be useful to address a problem with such thinking nonetheless.

The problem lies with cause vs. effect or means vs ends.

Sometimes, depending on our perspective and how we approach a problem, we might try to force an intended effect or ends, but by a cause or means that is detrimental in the ultimate overall intended result.

We might achieve our effect or ends, but not have addressed or solved (or made worse) the problem we were facing in the first place.

I see this as comparable (transmutable) to our financial system, and this reminds me of a quote/insight from John Nash's Ideal Money:

The missing axiom is simply an accepted axiom that the money being put into circulation by the central authorities should be so handled as to maintain, over long terms of time, a stable value.

I think there are different ways to interpret and implement an insight that money being created by central banks should be done so in order to ensure stability over a long time.

One way we can read into such insight would be for banking policy, or bankers, to promise to create such stable money. OR society might try to regulate or “force” bankers to play ball in this fashion. Thirdly, we might set up the rest of the system to naturally inspire banks to function in this way.

I think this is transmutable to the problem of prescription and disorder of the mind. We should worry prescription can produce the desired results of order, but it might not at all address the problem of the human condition in regard to escaping suffering.

This is really all related to the perspective with which we choose to try to address or solve a certain problem.