Well, of course it cant be stated absolutely either way. My impression is that over time from the populist movement of the late 1800s to the 1930s the nations patience with the down side of "pure" capitalism declined. I could be wrong in that though.
Lynn -----Original Message----- From: Bryan Etzel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 3:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: economic history question Would we have seen an increasing level of social unrest had capitalism been left alone? Has/was capitalism been saved? >From: "Gray, Lynn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: economic history question >Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 13:35:48 -0500 > >The program I was manly referring to was the unemployment insurance >program. >By calls for the US to abandon capitalism I was referring to the vocal >supporters of American socialism back in the years leading up to the Great >Depression. The % share of the US public which advocates socialism has >seemingly declined since programs like unemployment insurance have been put >in place. > >If it were not for these type of programs might we have seen an increasing >level of social unrest with a decreasing patience with capitalism. Such >increasing unrest finally giving way to the end of capitalism and to US >socialism. Thus it would follow that limited govt interventions in the >market actually "saved" capitalism. > >Lynn > >-----Original Message----- >From: John Perich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 11:03 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: economic history question > > >There are a lot of abstractions that it'd help to qualify in that last >statement. For instance: which government programs (FDR's right-to-work >packages? LBJ's war on Poverty)? Whose calls for the U.S. to abandon >capitalism? What is a "safety net [...] for capitalism as a whole"? > >We need data! > >-JP > > > >From: "Gray, Lynn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: economic history question > >Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 10:08:41 -0500 > > > > > > > >Would it be safe to say that the introduction of govt programs such as > >unemployment insurance had an impact in quieting the calls for the US to > >abandon capitalism and take up socialism? In other words did these types > >of > >govt programs serve not only as safety nets for individuals in need but > >also > >for capitalism as a whole? > > > > > >Lynn Gray > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- - >-- >I'm never gonna work another day in my life. >The gods told me to relax; they said I'm gonna be fixed up right. >I'm never gonna work another day in my life. >I'm way too busy powertrippin', but I'm gonna shed you some light. > >- Monster Magnet, "Powertrip" > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com _________________________________________________________________ Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com
