Agreed. >The reason why I posted this was just to illustrate how in a modern >democratic society things can get jammed up simply because the parties do >not see eye to eye. > >In a "democratically planned economy" such real phenomena mean, that goods >and services are simply not available. > >Okay, if there is no new government, then the state apparatus grinds on >under existing rules, and there is a "caretaker government", but there is >also a growing backlog of decisions which need to be taken. > >It is perhaps not accidental that in Eastern Europe, a majority prefers a >social-democratic "mixed economy" with a state-regulated market and welfare >provisions but also with private entrepreneurship. They've had the worst of >both worlds. > >As children of Western welfare state capitalism, we are critical of our >system, but things can be oh so much worse too. It might just be, that from >the point of view of the whole history of capitalism, our own living >conditions have been exceptionally favourable. Just a slightly heretical >thought. > >Jurriaan > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Robert Scott Gassler" <[email protected]> >To: "Progressive Economics" <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 4:24 PM >Subject: Re: [Pen-l] The problem around Brussels > > >> The fifth paragraph should have read "withholding sex." >> >> Actually, he did not keep the trains running on time. There have been >> strikes that disrupted public transportation of all types. Fortunately, I >> am >> able to walk to work. > > >_______________________________________________ >pen-l mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > >
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