2007-07-14 15:49:07 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Nope, economics is not a political theory.
2007-07-14 15:56:27 · update #1
Free markets mean slavery; there are no free markets in our present day, thank God. All markets are regulated to some extent. Liberals want more regulation to protect workers and the public; neocons are in the employee of industry and do what industry tells them to do and they are told to resist and reduce regulation so industry can return to the perfect business model - slavery.
2007-07-14 16:10:15 · answer #1 · answered by Michael da Man 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Science cannot form a consensus on what is purely a matter of political theory. It's like saying there is a scientific consensus about which color is the prettiest.
Yes, there are many people who do believe that a free market economy is the best. There are also many who disagree. Some do both.
As with anything, the issue is what areas of commerce get regulated, and how they get regulated. Some favor regulating only the net side-effects (pollution, production, etc). Some favor regulating processes.
Some want to protect American businesses by restricting how we interact with foreign businesses. Some want to promote foreign trade.
There is no single consensus about which is best, because "best" in this case is subjective. It's a matter of what you happen to think should be done, based on political concerns.
2007-07-14 22:55:37 · answer #2 · answered by coragryph 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There's no such thing as free markets. Never happened anywhere in the world. It's a theory on paper in an economics thesis.
And systems that work best manage elements of both capitalism and socialism in a rational manner with as little regard as possible for ideology.
There's a reason Ayn Rand stuck to fiction.
2007-07-14 22:55:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They love the romanticism of socialism. It sounds wonderful, hence their inability to admit its failure and their delusional thinking that its never ending failure is always due to the wrong people in charge.
Edit: Wait! I agree with coragryph. There is no consensus on what is best, except for empirical and anecdotal evidence that overwhemingly supports free markets as the ticket to a better life. By better life I mean clean water, housing, economic success, little stuff like that.
2007-07-14 22:56:28 · answer #4 · answered by RP McMurphy 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Because libs need people to be poor so that they'll get elected. If we really let the free market be entire free to many poor people would become richer & the Dems would never get elected. Just ask the 300 million chinese poor that are no longer poor because of free markets.
2007-07-14 22:57:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Right...as long as it benefits big business. Screw the little guy, right?
Why doesn't the "free market" apply to seniors wanting to purchase pharmaceuticals at lower prices from Canada?
2007-07-15 08:25:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Who's denying it and what scientific data are you speaking of?
2007-07-14 22:52:45 · answer #7 · answered by vinster82 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When you get a free market system, let us know.
As long as corporate farms, oil companies and weapons makers are getting subsidies you can just shut the f*ck up.
2007-07-14 22:55:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
The Liberals have not read the article(s).
2007-07-14 22:53:12 · answer #9 · answered by bobanalyst 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I keep wondering why a communist country (China) is financing our war in Iraq?
2007-07-14 22:59:42 · answer #10 · answered by Gemini 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋