Capitalism will always end up failing because of greed. Most dopey CEO's can only make a profit by slashing peoples wages, benefits & cheapening production (while paying themselves outrageous salaries & bonus)
Capitalism is supposed to be about competition & improved products because of it.
That is a joke, because look around genius. There is protectionism & monopolies happening in every capitalist market. We have a country full of overweight tv educated morons educating us on economics.
Is there any reason for the weird lighting effects? It looks like the movie A Scanner Darkly. It doesn't enhance the message, it just makes it look weird. And the blowup doll comment was crude.
Keynes got cause and effect backwards. A decline in aggregate spending is the effect of a recession, not its cause. Aggregate spending declines (usually) as a RESULT of rising unemployment and a lousy business forecast. But that only happens after some component of the economy has collapsed, e.g. the housing and financial sectors that led to the current recession.
So this dipshit is making the argument that the gov should use its coercive power to crush the poor even further, while fattening the pockets of the wealthy. This trickle down theory crap is tired, old, and has been found wanting for many years now. Start singing another tune or enjoy obscurity.
Thanks for your response. Sadly, there's little reason, rationale or intelligence contained in it. Your assertion that supply side policies "crush the poor" is rhetorically deficient, and is not well defended by the literature or by experience. The Keynesian ideas you seem to promote, on the other hand, are well understood to be failed, and dangerous.
What most people dont understand is that the actual monetary system that causes that great divide. We had the first currency on earth that was coined 'the peoples money' - Now this upper teir of elite have the ability to create wealth without any means of 'production'- anyway..we gave it to them- and its coming down fast...We need to take away their ability to cheat all of us. Take our currency back and LIMIT THEIR POWER! - good luck.
I'm not sure I understand your argument. Are you saying that stepping back from the gold standard provided the structure for wrongdoing, or government excess, or individual excess?
It's worth noting that most bankers don't have "family money", and virtually none come from wealth two or three generations back. The wealthy are a much more expansive, permeable class than you seem to presume.
Your first paragraph makes the most sense to me.. If we did have a gold standard the coins would have so many notches cut out they wouldnt be worth much hehe. It is my small opinion, but I cant see how letting the already spoiled an powerful create money from nothing, and decide where to spend it could possibly be a good thing! Living and learning, please be patient :)
@yanikv you need to cut government spending to cut taxes. Or else the government deficit grows and we get inflation. And when prices rise the poor still get taxed. Because they can buy less with the same money.
Government needs to let recessions or even depressions happen. If the government keeps bailing out companies in the long run the economy will fall deep. People need to learn how it feels like to live in a depression so that they can appreciate when it's going better.
That's an interesting observation. I don't think the government can stop a recession (or a depression), and I've not read anything compelling in the literature to convince me it can. I do look, though.
But a government can make a recession or a depression worse! It's tough, I imagine, when "we didn't make it worse" is the best you can hope for.
It's certainly not easy to get elected or re-elected on THAT slogan.
We don't know Republicans won't, though we know they haven't. Hopefully, the push to return to the party's conservative base will provide momentum to focus on fiscal policy. The party got (and is) so wrapped up in social policy that the budget became a joke.
We can't expect Democrats will, since it runs counter to their platform.
And maybe you're right, a Libertarian might work to reduce the size of government. But who among them is able to stand up, and could win an election?
I am going to have to agree..maybe a republican or two would but by and large they are instantly slaves to what is already in place. Trash the Fed.. Starve them all out.
well said
AMbeats 1 year ago
Capitalism will always end up failing because of greed. Most dopey CEO's can only make a profit by slashing peoples wages, benefits & cheapening production (while paying themselves outrageous salaries & bonus)
Capitalism is supposed to be about competition & improved products because of it.
That is a joke, because look around genius. There is protectionism & monopolies happening in every capitalist market. We have a country full of overweight tv educated morons educating us on economics.
fearbabyriffs 1 year ago
"...[S]ince savings are used by banks to make loans."
Stocks and bonds are also used to finance capital expansion.
scottvska 1 year ago
Is there any reason for the weird lighting effects? It looks like the movie A Scanner Darkly. It doesn't enhance the message, it just makes it look weird. And the blowup doll comment was crude.
scottvska 1 year ago
Keynes got cause and effect backwards. A decline in aggregate spending is the effect of a recession, not its cause. Aggregate spending declines (usually) as a RESULT of rising unemployment and a lousy business forecast. But that only happens after some component of the economy has collapsed, e.g. the housing and financial sectors that led to the current recession.
scottvska 1 year ago
Right, make the rich pay just as much as the poor. GTFO.
cary123 1 year ago
So this dipshit is making the argument that the gov should use its coercive power to crush the poor even further, while fattening the pockets of the wealthy. This trickle down theory crap is tired, old, and has been found wanting for many years now. Start singing another tune or enjoy obscurity.
yanikv 2 years ago
Thanks for your response. Sadly, there's little reason, rationale or intelligence contained in it. Your assertion that supply side policies "crush the poor" is rhetorically deficient, and is not well defended by the literature or by experience. The Keynesian ideas you seem to promote, on the other hand, are well understood to be failed, and dangerous.
EconMilitia 2 years ago
What most people dont understand is that the actual monetary system that causes that great divide. We had the first currency on earth that was coined 'the peoples money' - Now this upper teir of elite have the ability to create wealth without any means of 'production'- anyway..we gave it to them- and its coming down fast...We need to take away their ability to cheat all of us. Take our currency back and LIMIT THEIR POWER! - good luck.
jsmythib 2 years ago
I'm not sure I understand your argument. Are you saying that stepping back from the gold standard provided the structure for wrongdoing, or government excess, or individual excess?
It's worth noting that most bankers don't have "family money", and virtually none come from wealth two or three generations back. The wealthy are a much more expansive, permeable class than you seem to presume.
EconMilitia 2 years ago
Your first paragraph makes the most sense to me.. If we did have a gold standard the coins would have so many notches cut out they wouldnt be worth much hehe. It is my small opinion, but I cant see how letting the already spoiled an powerful create money from nothing, and decide where to spend it could possibly be a good thing! Living and learning, please be patient :)
jsmythib 2 years ago
@yanikv you need to cut government spending to cut taxes. Or else the government deficit grows and we get inflation. And when prices rise the poor still get taxed. Because they can buy less with the same money.
roger767 1 year ago
Government needs to let recessions or even depressions happen. If the government keeps bailing out companies in the long run the economy will fall deep. People need to learn how it feels like to live in a depression so that they can appreciate when it's going better.
ExtractCarrot 2 years ago 2
That's an interesting observation. I don't think the government can stop a recession (or a depression), and I've not read anything compelling in the literature to convince me it can. I do look, though.
But a government can make a recession or a depression worse! It's tough, I imagine, when "we didn't make it worse" is the best you can hope for.
It's certainly not easy to get elected or re-elected on THAT slogan.
Thanks for your post!
EconMilitia 2 years ago
Libertarians seem to have the balls to propose reduction in govt. Republicans wont. I hope to see a true conservative in government.
samuils 2 years ago 6
We don't know Republicans won't, though we know they haven't. Hopefully, the push to return to the party's conservative base will provide momentum to focus on fiscal policy. The party got (and is) so wrapped up in social policy that the budget became a joke.
We can't expect Democrats will, since it runs counter to their platform.
And maybe you're right, a Libertarian might work to reduce the size of government. But who among them is able to stand up, and could win an election?
EconMilitia 2 years ago
I am going to have to agree..maybe a republican or two would but by and large they are instantly slaves to what is already in place. Trash the Fed.. Starve them all out.
jsmythib 2 years ago