To: Hawkmoon who wrote (108502 ) 2/19/2010 3:29:26 AM From: axial 2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) | Respond to "Somewhere there has to exists a middle ground where labor and corporations can co-exist for the benefit of both parties, as well as our overall economy."suffering from their supposed economic inferiority. They don't gravitate to extremes - they're economically cautious. True, they made some concessions to deregulation - but there's no Reagonomics, Thatcherism, Ayn Rand, or trickle-down theories driving their economy. Public servants are generally respected, as are their leaders (to the extent that politicians are ever respected.) Corruption is everywhere, but they're horrified by the extent of capture and corruption in US elites, and Wall Street's "Casino Capitalism", as they call it. relatively healthy, happy, and prosperous. Of course, they lack the huge divide between rich and poor. Watching that divide expand and deepen in the US, one has to wonder just what values are the driving this madness, and to whom do the values belong?"To what end should people design their economy? The happiness and prosperity of the inhabitants, or some other metric?"
