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Can Capitalism Be Redeemed?

19 pointsby juanplusjuanalmost 9 years ago

6 comments

dragonwriteralmost 9 years ago
No, we figured that out decades ago, which is why capitalism was generally abandoned in the developed world in favor of the modern mixed economy. &quot;Capitalism&quot; is now, though, used in at least three conflicting ways:<p>(1) To refer to actual capitalism (the real system dominant in the developed world in the late 19th and early 20th century, described and named &quot;capitalism&quot; by its socialist critics),<p>(2) To refer to modern mixed economies as opposed to forms further from capitalism, such as Leninism and its derivatives,<p>(3) To refer to a utopian realization of Econ 101 ideal markets, whose adherents seen to believe is actually a plausible economics system rather than a useful simplification in the same way as a friction-free model in physics.<p>The former, as mentioned above, cannot be redeemed, though a synthesis with other ideas is possible (and now dominant) that mitigates some of its worst elements.<p>The second may be improvable while still recognizably remaining a form of the modern mixed economy.<p>The third isn&#x27;t realistic, much less redeemable.
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WalterBrightalmost 9 years ago
What the free market rules should be are fairly clear. When corporations influence government to favor those corporations and blunt competition, that is not a failure of the free market, it is a failure of the government.
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alistorivalmost 9 years ago
The question is whether capitalism should be redeemed, no?
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ksecalmost 9 years ago
Slightly Off Topic: What is the term for a socialist that support free market? Or is that a contradiction?
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awtalmost 9 years ago
Any system in which there is a monopoly on the creation of currency can hardly be called capitalism.
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socialist_coderalmost 9 years ago
Any hope for US capitalism redeeming itself in the next 4 years went out the window with Bernie Sanders&#x27;s campaign.
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