What China has now is basically a political oligarchy that controls the people with an iron fist while allowing corporations to practice almost completely unrestricted capitalism.
I believe that's called Fascism.
The Gilded Age, in which a small group of elites grew enormously rich and powerful on the backs of people who remained incredibly poor, and the multiple market crashes and panics that happened in the 19th and early 20th centuries, taught us that unrestrained capitalism is not a sustainable economic model. Since then, we've struggled to find the right level of regulation that will encourage stability and maintain a robust middle class while enabling growth. Different people have different theories on how much and what type regulation is the most effective, but the idea that unrestrained capitalism is the way to go takes an almost willful ignorance of history.
Oh, no! Don't tell me you're a commie faggie pot-smoking liberal abortionist lesbian smelly hippie! Please tell me why, oh why do you hate America?
Except there was a net positive - a railroad system that fostered trade and travel, which benefits everyone.
Could have been done in a better way. Raise chaos and let it settle is the stupidest way.
Because when the market does it, it means people choose their path, sometimes fail and sometimes win. It's usually a net gain for the average citizen.
When the financial markets decide something in their velvet offices, the vast majority of the people don't have any choice. What's the difference from Stalin and Mao? It's not a net gain for the average citizen, as the recent financial crisis illustrates brilliantly.
It's great, if you ignore the terrible social consequences of all that fun. If you really really hate people, it's even greater.
It's funny, I often read about the crazy social experiments done by Stalin and Mao that resulted in terrible catastrophes, but when it's the "market" doing it, it's OK.
It appears that they don't like to be unregulated a little more. They have the annoying habit of speculating themselves to death when given too much rein.
For the 640 billion people who have no idea what the fuck a mile is, here is your public translation service. The ocean's volume is about 1300 million cubic kilometres, and the average ocean depth is about 3.7 Km.
Centipedes are venomous but, where I live, not that dangerous. Just like scorpions, worse than a bee but won't kill you. Nevertheless, if stung by one, go to the nearest hospital, you may enter anaphylactic shock if you're allergic.
Cockroaches are just gross, hardly scarier than a moth.
I never said it was rational!:-D
Cockroaches don't sting, but they are a major cause of allergic reactions, though. Anyway, both like to live in houses, and none is welcome.
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everything is eaten except lemon slices, gari (sushi ginger), and wasabi
What does this mean? I always eat the lemon slices, with peel, seeds and everything. And the ginger and wasabi, too.
What China has now is basically a political oligarchy that controls the people with an iron fist while allowing corporations to practice almost completely unrestricted capitalism.
I believe that's called Fascism.
The Gilded Age, in which a small group of elites grew enormously rich and powerful on the backs of people who remained incredibly poor, and the multiple market crashes and panics that happened in the 19th and early 20th centuries, taught us that unrestrained capitalism is not a sustainable economic model. Since then, we've struggled to find the right level of regulation that will encourage stability and maintain a robust middle class while enabling growth. Different people have different theories on how much and what type regulation is the most effective, but the idea that unrestrained capitalism is the way to go takes an almost willful ignorance of history.
Oh, no! Don't tell me you're a commie faggie pot-smoking liberal abortionist lesbian smelly hippie! Please tell me why, oh why do you hate America?
Except there was a net positive - a railroad system that fostered trade and travel, which benefits everyone.
Could have been done in a better way. Raise chaos and let it settle is the stupidest way.
Because when the market does it, it means people choose their path, sometimes fail and sometimes win. It's usually a net gain for the average citizen.
When the financial markets decide something in their velvet offices, the vast majority of the people don't have any choice. What's the difference from Stalin and Mao? It's not a net gain for the average citizen, as the recent financial crisis illustrates brilliantly.
I don't know if someone with more economic chops than me has suggested something like this.
Is a Nobel Prize enough chops for you? Tobin Tax
Dude, you need to go back to primary school.
A cube with a side of one million kilometres would have a volume of 1 quintillion cubic kilometres.
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Lucky for you, although half that number also have no idea what a kilometre is, they also have no idea about this news story.
That's 3.2 billions. There aren't that many Americans in the world. You need to get out more.
I also have religious beliefs, like you. I believe in pink unicorns and fairies.
That's because the cap & trade tax goes to Wall Street instead of the government.
It's still wrong.
No, it's not: 6.697 - 300 millions = 6.397
the zero on the end suggests two significant digits, which is much more accurate than your actual estimate. You should have written it as 6.4
Yeah, you're right.
It's great, if you ignore the terrible social consequences of all that fun. If you really really hate people, it's even greater.
It's funny, I often read about the crazy social experiments done by Stalin and Mao that resulted in terrible catastrophes, but when it's the "market" doing it, it's OK.
A great day for Mankind.
Well, the competent guys bankrupted the entire world's economy, so I'm looking forward for some incompetents, for a change.
Shit, I forgot the dot. 6.40 billion people. Sorry, too late to be awake.
It appears that they don't like to be unregulated a little more. They have the annoying habit of speculating themselves to death when given too much rein.
Just tax the fuck out of those speculative scumbags, that should reduce "volatility" a lot.
For the 640 billion people who have no idea what the fuck a mile is, here is your public translation service. The ocean's volume is about 1300 million cubic kilometres, and the average ocean depth is about 3.7 Km.
Don't worry, It's a TB of documents all in Word 95 format. What can go wrong?
Centipedes are venomous but, where I live, not that dangerous. Just like scorpions, worse than a bee but won't kill you. Nevertheless, if stung by one, go to the nearest hospital, you may enter anaphylactic shock if you're allergic.
Cockroaches are just gross, hardly scarier than a moth.
I never said it was rational! :-D
Cockroaches don't sting, but they are a major cause of allergic reactions, though. Anyway, both like to live in houses, and none is welcome.
Dude, I've killed these with sneakers. They're quite hard, and big (I've seen a few nearing about 30cm), but not that impossible to squash.
They scare the hell out of me, anyway. Centipedes and cockroaches give me creeps like no other insect does.
That's not what the people from the other countries in America call them.
I'm getting confused with all those barrels, feet, miles and psis. How much is all that in Burmese units?
At least they die happy...
So, it's kind of like interactive TV?
TV or toilet, who cares? The only difference is the direction of shit. With toilets, it goes in, with TVs, it comes out.