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Wounded Bear

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Reply to ProfessorPlum (Reply #3)

Fri May 16, 2014, 01:02 PM

May 2014

It's one I've played with in my mind for quite a while. That's probably the first time I've committed it to print.

I think one of the big problems is that the 1% tend to think they are immune to the difficulties that come with the "small" economic model you've described. They don't feel any pain until it is entirely unmanageable.

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The Dirty Secret of a Great Economy [View all] ProfessorPlum May 2014 OP

When we started to value capital over labor was the starting point. CrispyQ May 2014 #1

Thanks! ProfessorPlum May 2014 #4

I fear you are right about the US drifting toward #2... Wounded Bear May 2014 #5

A simplified, but accurate description IMHO... Wounded Bear May 2014 #2

That's a brilliant analogy ProfessorPlum May 2014 #3

Thanks... Wounded Bear May 2014 #6

Kick... Wounded Bear May 2014 #7

Take a peek at the same thread on the new site: CrispyQ May 2014 #8

And thanks for the idea ProfessorPlum May 2014 #9

Self-kick ProfessorPlum May 2014 #10

K&R nt laundry_queen May 2014 #11