At some point in the not so distant future the economy will no longer require workers for any task. The problem is not employment but income if...
If the US would adopt the metric system like the rest of the world uses it would be easier to export stuff. Many US firms that have adopted...
Just follow the money. Ratings agencies get their money from where?
Economic warfare anyone? The history of Argentina is a primer on economic warfare.
So far, this thread is about international trade and markets, which is not capitalism but does obliquely include capitalism because capitalism is...
I think they are doing something like that informally in Denmark, where top wages above 16 times the lowest wage is generally frowned upon. The US...
Good schools don't need vouchers. They already have all the resources they need and the people who send their children to them are content with...
If we are going to be fair then we must recognize the reality that the government must get its revenue from economic activity. In the past the...
Have you considered how much social assistance programs could be reduced when fewer people are availing themselves of government assistance...
Back to the OP. The last time the US gave companies a tax holiday for repatriated overseas earnings they repatriated about $1Trillion which...
The average family health insurance premium in the US is $12,000 a year, mostly paid by employers for private insurance. These premiums account...
The problem with gaining government revenue from income is that income from employment is declining and will continue to do so for the foreseeable...
Capitalism per-se is not a bad idea. The gathering together of scarce resources in order to accomplish great endeavours is not necessarily a bad...
The minimum wage has failed to keep up with inflation since 1973. What many people fail to comprehend is that this depressing of the minimum wage...
A lot of people seem to believe that these fast food jobs are available for anyone with a few free hours to work. The reality of fast food and...
As far as original art goes a copyright is useless these days because it is completely unenforceable across the world, just as copyrights were...
The value of labour is how much value labour adds to a given thing. The "surplus value of labour" is the difference between the value of labour...
Not all markets are the same and their effect on the circulation of wealth within and economy vary greatly. The greatest economic effect is...
.... your society... You said it. Just because your society provides you the opportunity to attend a public school does not mean that it also...
Much of what the government spends does have a multiplier effect that, over time, brings huge benefits to the economy. It has been roughly...
Patent trolls extort money from businesses by claiming the use of their patented IP in the victims business operations is a violation of the...
Taxpayers lost $5Trillion in accumulated wealth thanks to the bailout going to Wall Street instead of Main Street.
If you wish the labour market to be free from government interference then you must also want to remove all government social spending that brings...
The public school system in the US is underfunded by $100Billions making it structurally incapable of giving every child in the US a decent...
The original intention of having a patent system was to encourage people to publicize their innovations, thereby spreading the information to...
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