The Making of a Democratic Economy: How to Build Prosperity for the Many, Not the Few - Marjorie Kelly & Ted Howard

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  dinamo.dog
  June 26th, 2019
  

  Libtards.

  The Making of a Democratic Economy: How to Build Prosperity for the Many, Not the Few - Marjorie Kelly & Ted Howard
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  caesar963
  June 26th, 2019
  

  

  Go Marj, go Ted!
  Well, the economy is not really designed by that hated 1 percent, for that odious 1 percent. The market economy is shaped by consumer demand. Fortunes and enterprise rise or fall on that tenuous, fickle basis. Democratically elected governments legislate, at least partially, on the basis of consumer need, consumer protection, the maintenance of employment and sustainable industrial relations. They’re reminded of this hierarchy of priorities at election time.

  Don’t worry about elites, they’re gonna do just fine, no matter what the eventual system. History offers a cornucopia of examples. Every example on offer, in fact. Shuffling the elite only represents a solution for the person who is shuffled into the elite. Thanx!

  The Making of a Democratic Economy: How to Build Prosperity for the Many, Not the Few - Marjorie Kelly & Ted Howard
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  fall19
  June 26th, 2019
  

  grassroots leaders, hahahah

  The Making of a Democratic Economy: How to Build Prosperity for the Many, Not the Few - Marjorie Kelly & Ted Howard
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  Senbonzakura
  June 26th, 2019
  

  Calling communism ‘democratic economy’ doesn’t change the basic evil that it is, you socialist scum. It’s just amusing to see the commies come out of the woodwork to redistribute wealth only after capitalism has created said wealth. Otherwise, they can’t seem to create wealth without murdering millions.

  The Making of a Democratic Economy: How to Build Prosperity for the Many, Not the Few - Marjorie Kelly & Ted Howard
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  stenka25
  June 27th, 2019
  

  

  Thanks a lot, daenigma100.
  This site gives me a slew of superb(audio)books.
  Among them yours are especially special to me, awesome.

  The Making of a Democratic Economy: How to Build Prosperity for the Many, Not the Few - Marjorie Kelly & Ted Howard
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  marcodiluce
  June 27th, 2019
  

  Rather farcical when anarchists talk about “building” anything!

  The Making of a Democratic Economy: How to Build Prosperity for the Many, Not the Few - Marjorie Kelly & Ted Howard
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  loonyboyx
  June 27th, 2019
  

  

  Are people still dumb enough not to realise that socialism is nothing to do with communism? You can have a sensibly regulated economy that makes sure the rich don’t horde all the money and that a money is invested into society as whole without it being a communist government. The trickle down effect doesn’t work as nothing ever trickles down.

  The Making of a Democratic Economy: How to Build Prosperity for the Many, Not the Few - Marjorie Kelly & Ted Howard
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  laowaiontheoutside
  June 27th, 2019
  

  funny attacks on communism/socialism. saying it is a bad system is enough. Acting like capitalism creates wealth is a joke.
  That’s like calling the US a free state but ISIS a terrorist state. Like calling Iran a nuclear threat but the US and Russia have nukes and some have used them + threatened.
  Don’t make fictional connections that there is a capitalist state. No constant resets of a market occur. Therefore, once the market is consolidated, it becomes anti-capitalist, not allowing other companies to enter.

  Will listen to the book and comment on it after.

  The Making of a Democratic Economy: How to Build Prosperity for the Many, Not the Few - Marjorie Kelly & Ted Howard
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  caesar963
  June 27th, 2019
  

  ISIS isn’t (wasn’t) a terrorist state?! Phew, what a relief. We should all open diplomatic relations with them, forthwith & without delay (if it’s not already too late)!

  The nuclear threat has so far been kept at bay because of the system of deterrence, with rational calculators operating to mitigate risk. With the prospect of a truly bizarre, fanatical regime, like the one in Iran, obtaining that kind of destructive capacity - well, let’s say it’s an unknown quantity, with the people of Israel in the crosshairs.

  The market is currently dominated by companies, enterprises & industries which did not exist, were not even thought of, a few short years ago. So, when does consolidation actually occur? The fur trade, whale oil & tulips used to predominate. Many folks back then would’ve thought the market had consolidated. Who knows what the old future holds? I never saw the Ides of March coming. Marx’s theories were hopelessly out of date, and innacurate, at the time of going to press.

  If our system does not have the capacity to create wealth, what devices are we using right now? How come so many essential products & services (and previously unattainable luxuries) are within reach & affordable? Why is life expectancy on an upward trajectory, with only obesity (not starvation) as a limiting factor?

  The Making of a Democratic Economy: How to Build Prosperity for the Many, Not the Few - Marjorie Kelly & Ted Howard
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  banfijanos
  June 27th, 2019
  

  

  Democracy Collaborative is doing some great research. Wonderful and simple examples here.

  The Making of a Democratic Economy: How to Build Prosperity for the Many, Not the Few - Marjorie Kelly & Ted Howard
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  Jiminy Cricket
  June 28th, 2019
  

  Democratic doesn’t necessarily equal freedom and liberty, but freedom and liberty do depend upon a free market, which is a democratic economy.

  I just have to wonder about people who say things like, “the trickle down effect doesn’t work,” and what world they live. Socialism doesn’t work, and it has been proven over and over again. Furthermore, one can’t have socialism without capital, and that means taking individual private capital and redistributing it. The new Democrat socialist state of Illinois knows how it works, raise taxes and give their selves a raise. And my, my, would you just look at all the animals leaving the farm?!

  Why should money laundering be legal if the government is the one who does it? I’m not opposed to certain regulations to keep large companies from taking advantage of individuals and little companies that use legal overhanded mafia-like strategies to monopolize the market and extort consumers, but all such meddling shows favoritism and should be exercised with extreme discretion on account of it being the antithesis of freedom. In the end, we must keep in mind that for all of Obama’s good intentions, he isn’t the one paying for the Solyndra bankruptcy, we are. The government doesn’t have any business competing and investing in the economic private sector.

  The Making of a Democratic Economy: How to Build Prosperity for the Many, Not the Few - Marjorie Kelly & Ted Howard
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  gk78
  June 29th, 2019
  

  Easy to sneer, but in an era of globalisation and multi national corporations a look at additional ways of doing business is worthwhile.

  Trickle down has been proved not too work, as has the “Free market,” and the “Control or command economy,” what works is and a mixed market economy. It’s a case of balance and currently the balance is not correct.

  Does this book offer solutions ? I’ll listen and find out.

  The Making of a Democratic Economy: How to Build Prosperity for the Many, Not the Few - Marjorie Kelly & Ted Howard

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