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Warpy

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4. More people would still call it heavily regulated capitalism

Reply to Festivito (Reply #3)

Thu Sep 15, 2016, 01:31 PM

Sep 2016

as it was in the New Deal era.

The biggest mistake the New Dealers made was not indexing taxes and minimum wages to inflation, something they didn't realize was built into the system.

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I disagree with Dr Wolff about the death of capitalism Warpy Sep 2016 #2

Where is the disagreement when the rest does agree? Festivito Sep 2016 #3

More people would still call it heavily regulated capitalism Warpy Sep 2016 #4

More call any step toward the general welfare socialism by socialists. Festivito Sep 2016 #5

I completely agree. suzanner Sep 2016 #7

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