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What kind of economy are we creating? [View all] matmar May 2012 OP
We are creating an economy Turbineguy May 2012 #1
That economy you just described is exactly the one I lived through during the 1980's NNN0LHI May 2012 #7
One based entirely on stealing other's work and leveraging the proceeds Egalitarian Thug May 2012 #2
We have a bubble economy: stock market bubble, real estate bubble, one ponzi scheme after another .. invictus May 2012 #3
A two tiered economy hack89 May 2012 #4
My son is nearing the end of college. Bake May 2012 #16
Depends on his major hack89 May 2012 #21
Environmental science. There ought to be opportunities there. Bake May 2012 #22
"WE"?? There's no "we" anymore, just tPtB, they're happy, they could care less that we aren't. Lionessa May 2012 #5
Yes. "WE" have no control over the plutocracy and the corporate dystopias they are building. hunter May 2012 #9
Several, but one that obviously doesn't exist any more: at the end of WWII, raccoon May 2012 #6
As you say: the historical record is a beginning. pampango May 2012 #8
We are failing. The old economy depended on colonialism and expanding RATES of resource extraction saras May 2012 #10
A feudal economy hifiguy May 2012 #11
People can certainly turn themselves into serfs by borrowing money. dkf May 2012 #13
That was an aberration thanks to the world wars. dkf May 2012 #12
Our economy would have been worse if we lost those wars and experienced more destruction, pampango May 2012 #17
Oligarchy ala Mexico taught_me_patience May 2012 #14
Destroying the majority of Europe's manufacturing base helped. Cronkite May 2012 #15
Exactly correct. A HERETIC I AM May 2012 #18
I know you have no answer for this but what the hell. Zalatix May 2012 #29
Not sure you asked a question of me, but what the heck. A HERETIC I AM May 2012 #31
I know you're joking about bombing China back to the stone age, but what if Mao pampango May 2012 #19
There couldn't really be a Mao dynasty hifiguy May 2012 #24
Your "what should we do, bomb them?" argument is downright childish. And old, too. Zalatix May 2012 #28
Greedy fucks have really screwed things up madokie May 2012 #20
I lived those years and losing our jobs overseas is the key change. Also lowering the tax rate for jwirr May 2012 #23
One word. Unions. lunatica May 2012 #25
Germany is now the number 2 exporting country in the world KurtNYC May 2012 #26
Your ideas will not increase US exports. Nothing can increase US exports except MUCH LOWER wages. Zalatix May 2012 #27
but Germany does not have low wages KurtNYC May 2012 #30
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