India had their elections this year, the then incumbent lost, but there were no significant riots - so I figure most Indians were satisfied with the results. Otherwise I'm sure heads will literally roll.
Becase in the USA, riots are reserves for sporting events because that's deemed more important for many.
It could also be due to the fact that your average citizen also don't know what P2P networking is about other than downloading illegal songs using Kazaa.
Many tinfoil hatters said the same thing when Disney refused to distribute F9/11 by Moore, yet that movie had the best opening for a documentry.
Tinfoil hatters also yelled censorship when the U.S. news outlets declined to air the beheadings enough though a simple web search turns up tons of websites with the footage.
And somehow basing your economic beliefs on one book ? Reviews like
This guy is an idiot!!! Either he is confused about economic theory or he trying push some sort of an agenda. He repeatedly contradicts himself in a way that undermines his crediblity. A word of advice Mr. Krugman--STICK TO THE NY TIMES EDITORIALS and stay out of academia.
really wants me to read that book. Beside, if you are well versed economics, you should be aware that economists constantly disagree with each other at it'll be foolish to list books that you like and argue that people who disagree with them are wrong. No, I'm not a Libertarian, and since we are making assumptions here, I'm guessing that you are a snobby highly educated liberal intellectual who believe's his/her own opinions are facts because someone else with the same opinions wrote a book about it.
It sounds like you are blaming people for being people. This is why government regulations are a necessary reality.
While some regulations are necessary there are things that consumers can do to take control of their lives instead of waiting for some regulation that may never come. For example, if you can't handle credit cards, don't apply for them! And if you are fat, order a salad instead of a Big Mac!
Increasing wages leads to increased consumption which leads to more jobs (there is a positive feedback effect there, not unlike the demand side but faster and of greater magnitude.)While I don't disagree with your statement, you left out another major factor, inflation. Isn't one of the major reasons for study economics is due to the fact that resources are finite? Don't you remember the explosion of rent and housing costs doing the boom? Increase of wages will have more people competing for limited resources and it'll drive the prices up and in couple of years, no one will be better off. The key is to increase the efficiency do get "more bang per buck" from the limited resources.
And finally, at the risk of being labeled a troll, outsourcing is not what is hurting the US economy right now (though I worry about it for more personal reasons.) It is a small effect relative to the larger stagnant labor market.
I also agree with that statement but I'll bet that no candidates will make that statement public.
If you would rephrase this question, I'd be happy to address it. But as it now reads, I'm not sure what you are asking
If you made an assumption that "This person has shitty grammer so his first language must not be English", you'd be right. I really don't care at this point because we'll probably disagree anyways.
You may believe that I'm a Bush fan, but if you read my signature I not a fan of Bush or Kerry. You are just full of question but no answers. How about these facts?
1. People bitch about the government deficit spending while their own consumer deficit also has gone up. I'd say the government is just just reflecting on the consumer's spending habits.
2. Do hear comments like "At least I had a job when Clinton in the office but people also happen to invest like crazy and the corporations were spending money like they had a hole in thier pockets.
3. Massive outsourcing of blue collar jobs started in the mid 80's but the consumers didn't do NOTHING about it because they were fat and happy with cheaper goods.
4. Supply side economics can work, but the reason why Bush's tax cuts failed is because it returned the most of the money to the rich. The reason why most rich are rich is because they save money, not blow it away like the rest of the population, and thus it limited the amount of spending.
5. Sure, promises of "increase in wages" sounds good, but how in the hell is Kerry going to make the employers give out raises? And since one major reason for outsourcing is due to the expensive labor costs in US, how is making the labor costs even more expensive help with outsourcing issue?
6. You mean the government saving from the revenues they've gotten from foolish spending the consumers and businesses?
7. I don't even listen to the celebrity radio talk show hosts. Do you get all your information from Michael Moore?
Looks like that tax cut *really* helped, then! The myth of supply-side economics rears it's ugly head yet again... and this time to the tune of a 500 billion dollar deficit...
Then we all should vote Democrats as they can bend the law of Economics! Impliment rent controls to keep the rent down! Increase wages since it'll somehow stop the companies from outsourcing! Incourage people to invest recklessly like they did in the last boom!
Only problem with that is that blue collar work has been hit with agreesive outsourcing starting from the 80's. While I don't think that Bush's plans will help with the outsourcing issue, Kerry's plan on increasing wages will encourage it.
Will you go back to a store that treated you like a thief? Of course not. Then why the hell are you buying music and games from companies that assumes that you are a thief (via copy protection)? Those guys have absolutly no incentives to get rid of copy protection as long as people keep on buying them.
Instead of bitching at the government to do something about it (they won't), why don't you should buying CDs and games with copy protection? They're not food, water, or shelter so you can live without them, folks! If enough people did this, those companies will either be forced to remove copy protection, or go bankrupt.
You mean it's their fault that they were told that they'd have 6 month to 1 year tours that's been extended to 2 years because the U.S. military's been streached too thin?
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India had their elections this year, the then incumbent lost, but there were no significant riots - so I figure most Indians were satisfied with the results. Otherwise I'm sure heads will literally roll.
Becase in the USA, riots are reserves for sporting events because that's deemed more important for many.
Why didn't a Kerry supporter donate $7000 to get the job?
Only of the rest of the consumers followed your step... RIAA will either be forced to change or go bankrupt.
It could also be due to the fact that your average citizen also don't know what P2P networking is about other than downloading illegal songs using Kazaa.
So if RIAA is treating it's customers like thiefs (people who buy music from the members of RIAA), why to you keep on buying CDs from them?
Because they'll need that money to pay for Frances.
No the masses get enslaved because they willingly gave their powers away to the BigCorps.
It's a pre-emptive strike against litigation, like the signs at service stations telling you to turn your phone off.
Maybe it's because exploding cell phones can set the pump on fire.
That explains why I had an urge to by a copy of Windows after seeing his Developers Dance.
Many tinfoil hatters said the same thing when Disney refused to distribute F9/11 by Moore, yet that movie had the best opening for a documentry.
Tinfoil hatters also yelled censorship when the U.S. news outlets declined to air the beheadings enough though a simple web search turns up tons of websites with the footage.
Might as well invest in losing lottery tickets.
At least you have one in millions chance of winning the jackpot with the lottery. SCO on the other hand...
I guess SCO is the poster child for the statement,
Past performance does not guarantee future results.
made by countless brokerage firms.
So they'll now be getting 33% of $0 instead of 20% of $0? What a deal!
And somehow basing your economic beliefs on one book ? Reviews like
This guy is an idiot!!! Either he is confused about economic theory or he trying push some sort of an agenda. He repeatedly contradicts himself in a way that undermines his crediblity. A word of advice Mr. Krugman--STICK TO THE NY TIMES EDITORIALS and stay out of academia.
really wants me to read that book. Beside, if you are well versed economics, you should be aware that economists constantly disagree with each other at it'll be foolish to list books that you like and argue that people who disagree with them are wrong. No, I'm not a Libertarian, and since we are making assumptions here, I'm guessing that you are a snobby highly educated liberal intellectual who believe's his/her own opinions are facts because someone else with the same opinions wrote a book about it.
It sounds like you are blaming people for being people. This is why government regulations are a necessary reality.
While some regulations are necessary there are things that consumers can do to take control of their lives instead of waiting for some regulation that may never come. For example, if you can't handle credit cards, don't apply for them! And if you are fat, order a salad instead of a Big Mac!
Increasing wages leads to increased consumption which leads to more jobs (there is a positive feedback effect there, not unlike the demand side but faster and of greater magnitude.)While I don't disagree with your statement, you left out another major factor, inflation. Isn't one of the major reasons for study economics is due to the fact that resources are finite? Don't you remember the explosion of rent and housing costs doing the boom? Increase of wages will have more people competing for limited resources and it'll drive the prices up and in couple of years, no one will be better off. The key is to increase the efficiency do get "more bang per buck" from the limited resources.
And finally, at the risk of being labeled a troll, outsourcing is not what is hurting the US economy right now (though I worry about it for more personal reasons.) It is a small effect relative to the larger stagnant labor market.
I also agree with that statement but I'll bet that no candidates will make that statement public.
If you would rephrase this question, I'd be happy to address it. But as it now reads, I'm not sure what you are asking
If you made an assumption that "This person has shitty grammer so his first language must not be English", you'd be right. I really don't care at this point because we'll probably disagree anyways.
You may believe that I'm a Bush fan, but if you read my signature I not a fan of Bush or Kerry. You are just full of question but no answers. How about these facts?
1. People bitch about the government deficit spending while their own consumer deficit also has gone up. I'd say the government is just just reflecting on the consumer's spending habits.
2. Do hear comments like "At least I had a job when Clinton in the office but people also happen to invest like crazy and the corporations were spending money like they had a hole in thier pockets.
3. Massive outsourcing of blue collar jobs started in the mid 80's but the consumers didn't do NOTHING about it because they were fat and happy with cheaper goods.
4. Supply side economics can work, but the reason why Bush's tax cuts failed is because it returned the most of the money to the rich. The reason why most rich are rich is because they save money, not blow it away like the rest of the population, and thus it limited the amount of spending.
5. Sure, promises of "increase in wages" sounds good, but how in the hell is Kerry going to make the employers give out raises? And since one major reason for outsourcing is due to the expensive labor costs in US, how is making the labor costs even more expensive help with outsourcing issue?
6. You mean the government saving from the revenues they've gotten from foolish spending the consumers and businesses?
7. I don't even listen to the celebrity radio talk show hosts. Do you get all your information from Michael Moore?
Looks like that tax cut *really* helped, then! The myth of supply-side economics rears it's ugly head yet again... and this time to the tune of a 500 billion dollar deficit...
Then we all should vote Democrats as they can bend the law of Economics! Impliment rent controls to keep the rent down! Increase wages since it'll somehow stop the companies from outsourcing! Incourage people to invest recklessly like they did in the last boom!
Only problem with that is that blue collar work has been hit with agreesive outsourcing starting from the 80's. While I don't think that Bush's plans will help with the outsourcing issue, Kerry's plan on increasing wages will encourage it.
If they consumer buys the DRM crap, then why deserve what's in store for them.
Will you go back to a store that treated you like a thief? Of course not. Then why the hell are you buying music and games from companies that assumes that you are a thief (via copy protection)? Those guys have absolutly no incentives to get rid of copy protection as long as people keep on buying them.
Instead of bitching at the government to do something about it (they won't), why don't you should buying CDs and games with copy protection? They're not food, water, or shelter so you can live without them, folks! If enough people did this, those companies will either be forced to remove copy protection, or go bankrupt.
You mean it's their fault that they were told that they'd have 6 month to 1 year tours that's been extended to 2 years because the U.S. military's been streached too thin?
I wonder which candidate will those soldiers who's pissed off that they are in Iraq vote for?
It's not my fault that I refuse to take responsibility for my actions!
Not really because you can always fork of you disagree with Linus but try that with communism and you'll likely to get shot.
For once, they've gotten the order right and sent us the plan o' boring jackhammers.
I have a Sendmail book that you can use to bore the demons to death.