Marxism is more a criticism of capitalism than an economic system. I guess the system should be called centralized planning.
The system and the policy can make a big difference in distributio of wealth. The nordic countries are very egalitarian (and rich) countries. So it was Japan. Germany is more equal than the USA. In fact the US is an outlier among the rich countries (much more unequal than the rest). Also, until the end of the seventies, inequalities did grow much slowly than after the eighties. Policies and systems do make a difference. El sep 3, 2012 1:57 p.m., "Roger Clough" <[email protected]> escribió: > Hi R AM > > Many economists find that an incredible number of things fit > the Pareto distriution: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_distribution > > such that, to make up an example, 20% of the people > own 80% of the wealth. > > In some cases, the effect might be second order, so don't ask me for > proof, > but it seems to be inescapable: > > 1) It doesn't matter much what the economic system is or who is president, > it's very stubborn. > > 2) I don't think that even Marxism can change thIS fundamental > distribution of wealth. > > 3) It's also probably why taxing the rich ultimnately doesn''t work, > it lowers everybody's income to fit the curve. A nd why trickle > down doesn't work. > > > Roger > > > Roger Clough, [email protected] > 9/3/2012 > Leibniz would say, "If there's no God, we'd have to invent him > so that everything could function." > > ----- Receiving the following content ----- > *From:* R AM <[email protected]> > *Receiver:* everything-list <[email protected]> > *Time:* 2012-08-31, 13:09:44 > *Subject:* Re: Re: Marxism and the pursuit of money, sex and power > > The L-Curve: A Graph of the US Income Distribution > > http://www.lcurve.org/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected].<[email protected].> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+ > [email protected]. <[email protected].> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
