I'm sure we could have a world filled with saintly billionaires and not that much would be different (we of course, would all have wall to wall sinecures but that's another issue...
It's not the personalities of the billionaires or whoever but rather the systems that give them inordinate power vs. the power of ordinary citizens (or the collective masses); that gives them tax advantages to allow for the amassing of unconscionable amounts of wealth; that allows for political systems/decisions to be bought and sold on the market place... (Glad to hear that your snearing attitudes have a provenance Chris and I should have remembered... I had the same feelings about Veblen when I read him 35 or so years ago as I have to your current raptor theory of history. M -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Christoph Reuss Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 4:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Futurework] Many of the jobs lost duringthe recessionare notcoming back .... Wouldn't it be long past due time now for the billionaires "to bring forward all their best qualities to meet the challenges ahead", such as seriously investing in green tech (and spreading the existing green tech instead of pushing SUVs, coal powerplants and most-polluting sweatshops), instead of further ripping off the world so that there's "no money" to develop green tech even in those economies who were best in that branch? But no, the "expert" here who admits he doesn't have a better scenario, at least is dead sure that billionaires are not to blame for anything. (No wonder he doesn't have a better scenario.) Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
