Introducing the In Depth series on the actual workings of capitalism. Commentary on economic theories.
Video Post – Introduction to In Depth Capitalism Series
Economy
Job (Business) Killing Regulations
Print 🖨 PDF 📄Ever since Ronald Reagan told us in his 1981 Inaugural Address, “Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.” government bashing by right-wingers, Republicans and many Democrats has been a constant drumbeat of political rhetoric. Now we have Trump with his “Kill 2 --->> read more -->>
Free-market Ideology
Healthcare and Markets – why don’t they work together?
Print 🖨 PDF 📄A consistent chattering point in American discussions of healthcare is the claim that if we can only bring transparency and competition to healthcare we will drive prices down and bring sanity to healthcare. The rest of the world knows that this is not the answer but we --->> read more -->>
Free-market Ideology
Video Post – Externalities – getting somebody else to pay for my production costs – the In Depth Capitalism series
Print 🖨 PDF 📄Capitalism features a structural drive to create and use external costs to increase profits. Pollution of the earth is the most obvious and visible; there are many others including injuries and death for workers.