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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...n-a7694726.htmlquote:America is regressing to have the economic and political structure of a developing nation, an MIT economist has warned. lol quote:Peter Temin says the world's’ largest economy has roads and bridges that look more like those in Thailand and Venezuela than those in parts of Europe. lol quote:The economist describes a two-track economy with on the one hand 20 per cent of the population that is educated and enjoys good jobs and supportive social networks. lol quote:Mr Temin used a model, which was created by Nobel Prize winner Arthur Lewis and designed to understand developing nations, to describe how far inequalities have progressed in the US. lol quote:When applied to the US, Mr Temin said that “the Lewis model actually works”. lol quote:He found that much of the low-wage sector had little influence over public policy, the high-income sector was keeping wages down to provide cheap labour, social control was used to prevent subsistence workers from challenging existing policies and social mobility was low. lol 
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"we built a system where the greediest, most short-sighted dipshits are given carte blanche to do whatever the gently caress they want as long as it still makes money in the short term. within this system, I voted for the Greedier, Even More Short Sighted Dipshits Party to represent me" "why are they loving me over in the name of making more money in the short term, please explain"
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Who the gently caress still believes in rational economic actors? Liberals are so bad at aping conservative opinions, I get second-hand embarrassed for them. Familiarize yourself with public choice theory, so you can use the term "rent-seeking" correctly, as Moridin has finally managed to do. Anyways, anyone have thoughts on this book (review)? https://reason.com/archives/2017/04/22/the-decentralist
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guys i just love markets. boston markets, open markets, black markets, i just need as many markets as I can get. gotta love those markets, baby!!!!! i also love giving lockhead and boeing a poo poo ton of money to steal research on SIPRnet from smaller engineering and research firms and still manage to not produce a single stealth fighter that works. gotta love that jet debt!!!!
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Apr 25, 2017 23:39
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Toadvine posted:You're in for a rough few pages if you're still that far behind, my friend Wow you're not kidding!  I was in the woods away from politics and it was beautiful.
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IMO a lot about America's political culture, social problems and violent crime problem derives from it being a colonial country in the Western Hemisphere. The United States is like if Brazil managed to expand more and get really big + wealthier.
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BrutalistMcDonalds posted:IMO a lot about America's political culture, social problems and violent crime problem derives from it being a colonial country in the Western Hemisphere. That's a really good point, and I'm not just saying that because it's an argument I've made before.
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BrutalistMcDonalds posted:IMO a lot about America's political culture, social problems and violent crime problem derives from it being a colonial country in the Western Hemisphere. The Western hemisphere part is superfluous imo
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World War Mammories posted:
You're the one failing to understand that the law didn't have enough time to adjust the market, it doesn't happen instantly numbnuts. They're not going to lose 140$ million year after year without changing something.
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Apr 26, 2017 01:05
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In fact you're failing for capitalist propaganda "Oh, the laws won't fix anything. Guess illegal immigration is here to stay, ho hum"
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Apr 26, 2017 01:06
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Spunky Psycho Ho posted:In fact you're failing for capitalist propaganda "Oh, the laws won't fix anything. Guess illegal immigration is here to stay, ho hum" nice job falling for capitalist propaganda insinuating states or borders can exist in a meaningful way
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Apr 26, 2017 01:14
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Free movement of capital. Restricted movement of labor. Viable.
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Apr 26, 2017 01:15
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Dairy Days posted:nice job falling for capitalist propaganda insinuating states or borders can exist in a meaningful way True, to be a real nationalist you must also be a socialist
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Apr 26, 2017 01:59
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boy the lumber tariffs with canada have really upset a lot of people, it's almost like expect the US to get hosed while at the same time we get laughed at due to our ranking in the world and then certain politicians campaign on that what are the odds
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Mnoba posted:boy the lumber tariffs with canada have really upset a lot of people, it's almost like expect the US to get hosed while at the same time we get laughed at due to our ranking in the world and then certain politicians campaign on that idk the odds but iwhat are u gonna do build houses out of mexican wood? they just have cactuses probably takes a friggin thousand million cactuses to get enough needles to squish that into a plank of wood
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bring back old gbs posted:idk the odds but iwhat are u gonna do build houses out of mexican wood? they just have cactuses probably takes a friggin thousand million cactuses to get enough needles to squish that into a plank of wood I think they have a lot of mesquite Big BBQ doesn't want us to get it
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Apr 26, 2017 02:40
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OXBALLS DOT COM posted:True, to be a real nationalist you must also be a socialist Remember when Moridin was arguing there needs to be a national union all workers belong to, and also he believed that scabs should be killed. He's basically a hardcore nationalist lol
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Apr 26, 2017 02:54
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Spunky Psycho Ho posted:Remember when Moridin was arguing there needs to be a national union all workers belong to, and also he believed that scabs should be killed. He's actually a hardcore retard He's glommed onto simplistic internet communism as crutch to justify his laziness
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OXBALLS DOT COM posted:He's actually a hardcore retard Hm, I see what you're saying lmao
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Hurr the current system is unfixable therefore I don't have to fix it. Capitalism bad! *masturbates then falls asleep*
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Spunky Psycho Ho posted:Remember when Moridin was arguing there needs to be a national union all workers belong to, and also he believed that scabs should be killed. Are u moridins alt? Or sucking the dick of a banned user?
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Apr 26, 2017 03:10
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This thread should get on with the times, Trump hates Canada now, so we might see that northern wall being built
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Bholder posted:This thread should get on with the times, Trump hates Canada now, so we might see that northern wall being built Probably not, that would stop all the Mexicans and Guatemalans fleeing there.
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Spunky Psycho Ho posted:In fact you're failing for capitalist propaganda "Oh, the laws won't fix anything. Guess illegal immigration is here to stay, ho hum" But those gun laws work like a charm, let me tell you
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Bholder posted:This thread should get on with the times, Trump hates Canada now, so we might see that northern wall being built I can see the retarded designer sketches now "Inspired by the northern lights as well as first nations symbology, Designer Thayden Goldstein imagines an eco-friendly wall that unites as it divides."
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How has America been such an economic juggernaut when like every trade deal we have is so bad?
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Ze Pollack posted:goddamn capitalism, preventing capitalism from implementing proper capitalism It's not real capitalism if the markets aren't free to exterminate all life
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Duck and Cover posted:How has America been such an economic juggernaut when like every trade deal we have is so bad? You get successful by first having extremely restricted markets to protect domestic industry. Then you get lazy and crooked and just sort of sell your country out Ask any businessman how easy it is trying to export things to China
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Duck and Cover posted:How has America been such an economic juggernaut when like every trade deal we have is so bad? Print money + have big military + petrodollar
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Also the whole point of those trade deals is to extract as much value from both or all economies involved. It might be to ostensibly facilitate the economies but time and time again Wall Street reports record highs while the economies of the world falter and languish.
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Spunky Psycho Ho posted:Print money + have big military + petrodollar But our military is weak Mr. Trump said so.
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Duck and Cover posted:But our military is weak Mr. Trump said so. He said big, not strong. Two different things
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OXBALLS DOT COM posted:Hurr the current system is unfixable therefore I don't have to fix it. Capitalism bad! *masturbates then falls asleep*  
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OXBALLS DOT COM posted:He said big, not strong. Two different things He thinks we need more people? I really struggle to keep up with how wrong he can be about like everything it kind of muddles unimportant details.
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Duck and Cover posted:He thinks we need more people? I really struggle to keep up with how wrong he can be about like everything. Big and strong are two different concepts how are you not grasping this China's army, for example, is big but also fairly weak
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Tell us more about how communism totally works despite failing everywhere. I believe that's the stock response.
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Kiryen posted:Tell us more about how communism totally works despite failing everywhere. I believe that's the stock response. How about "go actually do something instead of masturbating online and making excuses"
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OXBALLS DOT COM posted:How about "go actually do something instead of masturbating online and making excuses" Actual revolution doesn't allow posting selfies on facebook.
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Kiryen posted:Tell us more about how communism totally works despite failing everywhere. I believe that's the stock response. There are socialist parties in power or holding significant parliament seats in many stable prosperous countries around the world but I guess you only know what old US propaganda teaches you. Good job! OXBALLS DOT COM posted:How about "go actually do something instead of masturbating online and making excuses" Kiryen posted:Actual revolution doesn't allow posting selfies on facebook. Just because you sit at the computer all day doesn't mean everyone does.
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