On 6/07/2016 9:58 AM, David Lochrin wrote:
... past governments spent money on projects simply because they were
in the public interest. Now the growth-based economic model is hitting
the wall, governments (especially conservative ones) have largely
handed control of the economy over to business in the hope they will
"do something". This strategy won't be successful.
Extreme Market Capitalism does seem to be well past its "Best before"
date. The foundations of its decline probably lie in the unavoidable
fact that unlimited growth is only sustainable in an unlimited environment.
Conservatives in particular seem intent on repeating old behaviours. If
Market Capitalist dogma says it will work, then they'll keep it up until
it works.
--
David Boxall | ignorance more frequently
| begets confidence than does
http://david.boxall.id.au | knowledge
| --Charles Darwin (introduction
| to 'The Descent of Man' 1871)
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