ya itu, mereka kaya at expense of "weak-side" macem kita.. sistem ekonomi syariah itu adil dan menenteramkan sebenernya kalo diterapin., tp susah banget kali yah implementasinya..
--- In obrolan-bandar@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Kosasih" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sistem tidak ada yang sempurna. > > Tapi kadang-kadang kita kurang mengerti esensi sesungguhnya dari sistem > EKONOMI kapitalis atau sosialis. Esensinya adalah kadar kebebasan > perekonomian dan kebebasan dalan berbisnis. Kapitalis cenderung diatur agar > lebih bebas, sementara sosialis cenderung diatur agar lebih "sesuai dengan > keinginan mayoritas" (yang belum tentu sesuai dengan kaidah bisnis). > > Sejauh ini, terbukti dari indeks yang dibikin dari badan pengamat korupsi > dan badan riset kesejahteraan dunia global "2007 Index of World Economic > Freedom", negara-negara yang menganut faham kapitalis SELALU jauh lebih > makmur masyarakatnya (baik yang bekerja di pasar modal maupun yang tidak) > dibanding yang menganut faham sosialis. > > Orang-orang miskin di negara-negara Kapitalis pun lebih "makmur" daripada > orang-orang miskin di negara-negara Sosialis > > Saya cuma ingat TOP 7 dari TOP 25 yang EKONOMI-nya Paling Kapitalis (higher > economic freedom): > > Nomor 1 adalah......... Hong Kong (tetap dihitung "negara" karena punya mata > uang sendiri) > Nomor 2 adalah......... Singapura (hehehe...) > Nomor 3 adalah......... Australia > Nomor 4 adalah......... Selandia Baru > Nomor 5 adalah......... Amerika (bukan nomor 1 tuh ternyata...) > Nomor 6 adalah......... Inggris & Irlandia (skor-nya sama) > Nomor 7 adalah......... Luxemburg & Swiss (skor-nya sama) > > Juga TOP 7 dari TOP 25 yang EKONOMI-nya Paling Sosialis (lower economic > freedom): > > Nomor 1 adalah......... Kuba (paling ancur) > Nomor 2 adalah......... Libya > Nomor 3 adalah......... Zimbabwe > Nomor 4 adalah......... Burma > Nomor 5 adalah......... Turkmenistan > Nomor 6 adalah......... Kongo > Nomor 7 adalah......... Iran > > Di situ jelas terlihat bahwa negara-negara yang paling tidak bebas > perekonomiannya (bukan pergaulannya) alias yang Paling Tidak Kapitalistik > perekonomiannya adalah juga yang paling miskin masyarakatnya, meskipun > sumberdaya negaranya berlimpah-limpah. > > Juga tidak ada hubungannya apakah negara itu bekas jajahan atau bukan. > > Indonesia sendiri bagaimana? Apakah kita sudah benar-benar memiliki > perekonomian yang benar-benar mendukung dunia bisnis? Silakan teman- teman > kaji sendiri. > > Salam OB... > > *Penjelasan soal Economic Freedom silakan lihat di bawah, saya kutip buat > teman-teman OB: > * > The "2007 Index of Economic Freedom" displays a color-coded map showing > countries that are free, mostly free, moderately free, mostly unfree and > repressed. > > Guess where one finds the world's most miserably poor people? If you guessed > the mostly unfree and repressed countries, you guessed correctly. > > Some people claim that some countries are rich because of abundant natural > resources. That's nonsense! Africa and South America are probably the > richest continents in natural resources, but are home to some of the world's > poorest people. By contrast, countries like England, Japan and Hong Kong are > poor in natural resources, but their people are among the world's > wealthiest. Hong Kong even has to import its food and water. > > Some people use the history of colonialism as an excuse for poverty. That's > also nonsense. The United States was a colony. So were Canada, Australia, > New Zealand and Hong Kong, but they're rich countries. > > The reason some countries are rich while others are poor is best explained > by the amount of economic freedom its peoples enjoy and the extent of > government control over economic matters. > > Don't make the mistake of equating economic freedom with democracy. After > all, India, politically, is a democracy, but economically it is mostly > unfree and poor, ranking 104th in economic freedom. There are countries on > the economic freedom index that do not have much of a history of democracy, > such as Chile, ranking 11th, and Taiwan, 26th, and yet these countries are > far wealthier than some of their more democratic counterparts. > Why? > It's because their economic systems are free or mostly free, which is not > guaranteed by a democratic political system. > The economic development lesson is clear: Have a system of economic freedom > and grow rich. > > *Extensive government control, weak property rights and government > corruption almost guarantee poverty*. A country's institutional > infrastructure is critical to its economic growth and the well- being of its > citizens. *The most critical are protection of private property, enforcement > of contracts and rule of law.* > > > *On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 12:02 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:* > Kapitalisme banyak wrongnya Pak. > > Khususnya untuk komunitas NON BARAT ... Bahkan untuk dunia Barat > juga... someday in the near future > > Yang udah pasti, kapitalisme membuat orang kaya makin kaya, orang > miskin tetap miskin bahkan makin miskin. > > Tapi memang sampai saat ini belum ada model yang udah PROVEN lebih > baik daripada capitalism. Komunisme sebenarnya ok. Cuma di Indonesia, > komunis itu koq larinya ke "kepercayaan" ya... > > Kapitalisme itu, tinggal tunggu meledaknya aja hehehe... > > > > <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> > > > > >
