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Free Market Capitalism has failed. Is it time for Capped Capitalism?
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[quote:D. SMith 436409:MV82MzgzMjJfOTcxODc3NF9ERURBMzFDRg==] [quote:Cimi Pax] I would prefer that profits not be the target,because then you are targeting growth. IF something is not growing it is dieing. I believe we should regulate "stock markets' by eliminating 'hedge funds' 'derivatives' 'short selling' and any other type of investing that does not support actual growth activity, this would eliminate any 'casino' style investing that profits solely 'shuffling of money'. I would do away with most if not all 'insurance', since they do little but drive up the cost of all business activities. They siphon off large sums of money that could be used in investment and do little to promote any real growth. Risk is part of business when risk is there the investor is prudent and the business dynamics are conservative. You can look with 20/20 and see that regulators, banks and traders have bent the rules, and kept on doing it, even after the toys started to break. If we make cautious, business friendly changes to regulation now, in twenty years we will be in this same situation. We must learn to learn. The 1987 crash should have been the wake-up call. IMHO I think there needs to be systemic change. Sure, in a hundred years it will become eroded and corrupt, but if we don't do something profound then our children will suffer this all over again, rather than our great, great grandchildren. Trees only grow to their natural limit, but they are not dying. Isn't insurance is a function of insecurity. A human condition? [/quote] You can argue that a tree reaches its full height at a certain point, but the tree is in constant change and flux, dropping and gaining leaves and branches to fit the weather conditions and the dynamic tensions of existance, so growth it constant. I see the economy as similar. I believe no one ever gains by taking away incentive. I also believe no system can be developed that is 'abuse proof. In keeping with those ideas i think no one can create a system that is 'above' the human condition. Of course I understand there is always a part of ourselves that wants to keep future generations from making the same mistakes we made, but this can not really be accomplished through systems and legislation this can only be accomplished through changes of consciousness. I think Drastic and sudden changes in systems create unimaginable pain and suffering, at best they cause great losses in confidence that take generations to over come at worse total collapse and chaos. We can still avoid much suffering if we are prudent, how much we can avoid depends entirely on us as a people. In gardening terms, we should make changes to the system, but they should be ones that promote growth and stimulus, we need a fence for the system to vine and cling, and for allowing pruning when necessary, not walls that block the space and light for potential growth. [/quote]
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What if corporations could only make a maximum of 10% profit? And shareholders could only make a maximum of 10% dividends?
The rest has to be re-invested in the business.
Greed is bad. Time to slap it down.
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