Apparently Elaine knows a bit more about us than we do about Elaine :) Dear Elaine, I'm fine and great :) My respect goes to You too :)
Dear All, on what Elaine had posted I believe we should respect Elaine too. Best regards, Steve Kosasih 2008/3/26 Elaine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello Steve, how are you? :) How's your hand? I heard you had an > accident last year? > > Dear all, meet Mr. Kosasih, he's very nice and funny person, and also a > great public speaker. An expert in Socio-Economic study and highly motivated > person. I respect him very much. > > Elaine > > > > > > On 3/26/08, Steve Kosasih <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Sistem tidak ada yang sempurna. > > > > Tapi kadang-kadang kita kurang mengerti esensi sesungguhnya dari sistem > > EKONOMI kapitalis atau sosialis. Esensinya adalah kadar kebebasan > > perekonomian dan kebebasan dalan berbisnis. Kapitalis cenderung diatur agar > > lebih bebas, sementara sosialis cenderung diatur agar lebih "sesuai dengan > > keinginan mayoritas" (yang belum tentu sesuai dengan kaidah bisnis). > > > > Sejauh ini, terbukti dari indeks yang dibikin dari badan pengamat > > korupsi dan badan riset kesejahteraan dunia global "2007 Index of World > > Economic Freedom", negara-negara yang menganut faham kapitalis SELALU jauh > > lebih makmur masyarakatnya (baik yang bekerja di pasar modal maupun yang > > tidak) dibanding yang menganut faham sosialis. > > > > Orang-orang miskin di negara-negara Kapitalis pun lebih "makmur" > > daripada orang-orang miskin di negara-negara Sosialis > > > > Saya cuma ingat TOP 7 dari TOP 25 yang EKONOMI-nya Paling Kapitalis > > (higher economic freedom): > > > > Nomor 1 adalah......... Hong Kong (tetap dihitung "negara" karena punya > > mata uang sendiri) > > Nomor 2 adalah......... Singapura (hehehe...) > > Nomor 3 adalah......... Australia > > Nomor 4 adalah......... Selandia Baru > > Nomor 5 adalah......... Amerika (bukan nomor 1 tuh ternyata...) > > Nomor 6 adalah......... Inggris & Irlandia (skor-nya sama) > > Nomor 7 adalah......... Luxemburg & Swiss (skor-nya sama) > > > > Juga TOP 7 dari TOP 25 yang EKONOMI-nya Paling Sosialis (lower economic > > freedom): > > > > Nomor 1 adalah......... Kuba (paling ancur) > > Nomor 2 adalah......... Libya > > Nomor 3 adalah......... Zimbabwe > > Nomor 4 adalah......... Burma > > Nomor 5 adalah......... Turkmenistan > > Nomor 6 adalah......... Kongo > > Nomor 7 adalah......... Iran > > > > Di situ jelas terlihat bahwa negara-negara yang paling tidak bebas > > perekonomiannya (bukan pergaulannya) alias yang Paling Tidak Kapitalistik > > perekonomiannya adalah juga yang paling miskin masyarakatnya, meskipun > > sumberdaya negaranya berlimpah-limpah. > > > > Juga tidak ada hubungannya apakah negara itu bekas jajahan atau bukan. > > > > Indonesia sendiri bagaimana? Apakah kita sudah benar-benar memiliki > > perekonomian yang benar-benar mendukung dunia bisnis? Silakan teman-teman > > kaji sendiri. > > > > Salam OB... > > > > *Penjelasan soal Economic Freedom silakan lihat di bawah, saya kutip > > buat teman-teman OB: > > * > > The "2007 Index of Economic Freedom" displays a color-coded map showing > > countries that are free, mostly free, moderately free, mostly unfree and > > repressed. > > > > Guess where one finds the world's most miserably poor people? If you > > guessed the mostly unfree and repressed countries, you guessed correctly. > > > > Some people claim that some countries are rich because of abundant > > natural resources. That's nonsense! Africa and South America are probably > > the richest continents in natural resources, but are home to some of the > > world's poorest people. By contrast, countries like England, Japan and Hong > > Kong are poor in natural resources, but their people are among the world's > > wealthiest. Hong Kong even has to import its food and water. > > > > Some people use the history of colonialism as an excuse for poverty. > > That's also nonsense. The United States was a colony. So were Canada, > > Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong, but they're rich countries. > > > > The reason some countries are rich while others are poor is best > > explained by the amount of economic freedom its peoples enjoy and the extent > > of government control over economic matters. > > > > Don't make the mistake of equating economic freedom with democracy. > > After all, India, politically, is a democracy, but economically it is mostly > > unfree and poor, ranking 104th in economic freedom. There are countries on > > the economic freedom index that do not have much of a history of democracy, > > such as Chile, ranking 11th, and Taiwan, 26th, and yet these countries are > > far wealthier than some of their more democratic counterparts. > > Why? > > It's because their economic systems are free or mostly free, which is > > not guaranteed by a democratic political system. > > The economic development lesson is clear: Have a system of economic > > freedom and grow rich. > > > > *Extensive government control, weak property rights and government > > corruption almost guarantee poverty*. A country's institutional > > infrastructure is critical to its economic growth and the well-being of its > > citizens. *The most critical are protection of private property, > > enforcement of contracts and rule of law.* > > > > > > *On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 12:02 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * > > Kapitalisme banyak wrongnya Pak. > > > > Khususnya untuk komunitas NON BARAT ... Bahkan untuk dunia Barat > > juga... someday in the near future > > > > Yang udah pasti, kapitalisme membuat orang kaya makin kaya, orang > > miskin tetap miskin bahkan makin miskin. > > > > Tapi memang sampai saat ini belum ada model yang udah PROVEN lebih > > baik daripada capitalism. Komunisme sebenarnya ok. Cuma di Indonesia, > > komunis itu koq larinya ke "kepercayaan" ya... > > > > Kapitalisme itu, tinggal tunggu meledaknya aja hehehe... > > > > > > <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> > > > > > > > > > >
