Originally posted by Robinho
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostGDP per capita is surely more indicative:
List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaLast edited by Robinho; 3 August 2012, 15:04.
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Originally posted by Scoobos View Postwe were, but our children aren't (assuming you are 40 or over)
2. you are lost already if you need an example.
2. No i'm not. Please provide an example so i can counter it.
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostGDP per capita is surely more indicative:
List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dont most of these figures come from "estimates"... it's all fake. GDP is an absolute useless figure in a globalised economy...
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Originally posted by Robinho View Post
List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Originally posted by Robinho View Post
It means NOTHING .. NOTHING.. It's money leaking from the economy for every shareholder of a UK based multinational, that lives outside the UK.
Concensus means nothing either, so post something a little more credible than a Wikipedia link.
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostHow so?
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Originally posted by Scoobos View PostThats scary to me.. very scary.
Do you truely believe that without regulation and intervention from governments , business will behave?
The only mandate is to maximise profits.
Holy hell, this statement really does scare me.
The government must protect property rights and contract laws and that is more or less it.
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Originally posted by Old Greg View PostState control under fascism is substantially overstated because it is viewed within the context of the war-time economy. And in any case you are, I think, confusing capitalism with free market capitalism. Capitalism dies not require free markets. It requires the ability to deploy capital for profit and the less restrained that deploymentl, the better.
But we may have to agree to disagree.
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Originally posted by Robinho View PostThe key to a good economy is to minimise government intervention. There is basically no need for it at all.
Do you truely believe that without regulation and intervention from governments , business will behave?
The only mandate is to maximise profits.
Holy hell, this statement really does scare me.
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