OK Jed. I am just imagine things then. I am 100 % sure there were less laws and regulations in the US when I came here almost 30 years ago. My experience is that it is true in Europe also. I only can build that opinion on hearsay but . . I have not read all the boring stuff you read. I have experienced first hand how much more everything need to be as molded in to the form. We allow less personal freedom. Sure there were many laws in old time we cam laugh about today. Good we managed to stop protecting hotels from robbers. The monopolies are all because the banks saw that it was possible to monopolies certain industries under the philosophy that it would be a waste f resources to build competing telephone lines. such a large infrastructure that only the banks could handle. Regarding the law about German beer. That has changed in my lifetime so it is at least different than it was 1487. I also know for sure that it ws not a German law as there was no Germany at that time. Probably a Pilsen (today no longer in Germany) idea. On the other hand - yes there were many laws that kept people from moving 'up' in the ranks. Not defending that. It did not take so many laws when you had a dictator who could change the law as he found best, when he so wanted. Not my idea about freedom. I am not comparing with the history I am looking for a solution for the future.
Best Regards , Lennart Thornros www.StrategicLeadershipSac.com lenn...@thornros.com +1 916 436 1899 202 Granite Park Court, Lincoln CA 95648 “Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.” PJM On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 3:49 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Craig Haynie <cchayniepub...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> There are only two types of economies that have been demonstrated in the >> world: An economy which allows people to trade freely; and an economy >> which commands all production and distribution. To date, no one has >> demonstrated how the latter can replace the former. > > > I disagree. All real world economies are a combination of the two. > Hybrids, that is. With some freedom to trade, and some restrictions. For > example, few people are allowed to trade in explosive materials, for the > practical reasons demonstrated in Tianjin, China, yesterday. > > There has never been a time in history when trade and commerce were > unrestricted by laws, licensing, inspection and so on. For example, the law > governing beer purity (Reinheitsgebot) has have been force in Germany since > 1487, more or less unchanged. (Although Wikipedia says it was rescinded.) > There were extensive laws governing house and barn construction in > Pennsylvania in 1750. Builders who did not follow these laws were "run out > of town on a rail" according to an expert I know. He really is an expert: > he repairs and rebuilds 18th century structures in Pennsylvania. He knows > all of the codes from that time, as well as those presently in force. > > In U.S. history, over the last 200 years, the number of laws and > restrictions to trade have been drastically reduced. We are now living in > the golden age of unrestricted free market competition, unlike like any > previous era. This is contrary to what conservatives believe, but it is > true. You have to read a lot of original source history about boring > subjects to understand this. For example, in 1800 all along the east coast, > hotels were regulated to an extent that would be unthinkable today. The > amount of money they could charge every night, the size of the room, and > the exact menu of food they had to offer was set out in detail in the laws. > In examples, up until the 1960s, lawyers and doctors were not allowed to > advertise their services or post their rates; advertisements were not > allowed to name their competing products (so they called them "brand X"); > rates for trucks, airplanes and taxis were set by law; and established > companies has trade groups that more or less banned the entry of > competition. Also, the telephone and electric power industry did not allow > competition. > > - Jed > >
