All the conservative talking points itt. Too bad most of the poorest states in this country are Republican and probably contribute to government...
Sorry, I have gone to school for economics. Your views are completely misguided and empirical evidence backs me up. The median wealth in the US...
You aren't even making a valid argument, and your fundamentals of economics are so misguided that the quoted is just #feelings. How does...
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/country-list/interest-rate Yeah, like .25 Interest rates rising to say .50 is going to burn down the entire...
Protectionist arguments do not hold real validity in economic discussions. All of what you said is just populist rage really.
I think your argument is a very poor defense of capitalism. Even the best economists in the world will tell you capitalism is not perfect. How can...
Opposed to the places who introduced austerity post-global recession and are lagging behind the US's recovery?
China will find out why the rest of us got off the gold std. if that's their intent.
That's not how that works. And if that was true cars would have seen rapid rises in prices, where as you can still buy cars for prices near what...
You are using the present value of stock equation which isn't the value of the firm, but only the stock. Remember stock prices are just guessing...
That's the lousiest definition of inflation ever. Inflation is the rise in prices of consumer goods. Which can be caused by other things than...
Really? Inflation/Deflation fluctuated wildly under the Gold Standard. For the past 30+ years we have low and stable levels of inflation....
lol'd at the Gold Standard idea. And on a more serious note, it just seems like a natural evolution of capitalism to go from industry to...
That's not a very good way of looking at things. Different regions have different economic behavior. For instance, in the summer, Florida has an...
She was talking about long term debt. Most economists across the political spectrum agree that debt should be reduced in the long term. Your...
[img] Do you think if private firms all ran a budget with zero liabilities (read debt in the form of bonds, etc) they would be able to expand (ie...
How is it a snipe hunt? If someone bemoans debt, and does not see that part of the debt is corporations or other entities issuing bonds for...
But there is quite the misunderstanding of what the national debt is comprised of by many people when it is thrown into discussions. Such as my...
stjames, which sector in the United States has more debt? A) Private B) Public
This is a false dichotomy. Private firms were let free to pursue risk taking behavior prior to intervention. Derivatives were not some government...
No thanks. People should be free to choose what they buy without regards to their legal status as citizens.
Are you blaming Obama for business models and decisions? Those companies have CEOs who make the decisions. Barnes and Noble is selling books at a...
And Somalia is an example of laissez faire capitalism
Receiving funding by the US government.
Economies of scale refer to cost advantages going down from the size of the operation. It really has nothing to do with sales. I have no clue...
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