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Old 06-14-2007
danielpalos danielpalos is offline
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Re: Economic theory and politics.

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Originally Posted by Luap View Post
Very true. I'm no economist, and maybe it's just my Western upbringing typing, but it seems that a more "hands-off" approach to the market is more beneficial to everyone.



If there is no state, then what will govern society by making, interpreting, and enforcing the law?



I agree. I don't know the intricacies of the policies, but the "gradualist" approaches taken by China and India are working well, it appears.
What is your opinion of the UN, as a public sector, being ethically, legally, and morally bound to promote the provisions of its social contract? Simply building roads and aqueducts for anarchy reduction purposes in less developed countries could have an impact on migrant labor whenever there is any public sector venture of sufficient scale.

Our current warfare-state economic model, and its promotion of the common Offense (in the US), has no basis in our constitution. A Welfare-state economic model is specifically enumerated in Article 1, section 8. "... and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States ..."
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