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Here's a thought - which to many people is a very crazy one. Treat the world as a unified world and economy, instead of having individual nations with separati

Here's a thought - which to many people is a very crazy one. Treat the world as a unified world and economy, instead of having individual nations with separation of certain laws related to finance and human rights. All the nations just become states under a single union, with open trade and a standard on taxation.

al3xnull 10y ago
Because it is crazy. We can't trust people in power now but the idea of nations wanting to consolidate power even further to a committee of some number (even 101 or even 1001) to rule the ENTIRE world and economy? Won't solve any problems. Now instead of 1%, the rest of the populaces will refer to them at the "Infamous Thousand And One". If countries want to make sure their citizens stop using offshore methods, it should be made law and the market will play out.
matt_wulfeck 10y ago
Why not get everyone on your block to pool their money and act like a single family? Probably because different people have vastly different ideas, goals, and sensibilities.
sergiosgc 10y ago
One of the lessons that history in the XIX and XX century taught us is that economic competition between states is essential for determining how to best organize societies. A single worldwide ruling hierarchy negates this competition and may hold humanity in a local maximum. Even today, there are major choices that are different between successful societies, and the definition of what is best is yet to be found. Is it better to have state paid medical care, like in Europe, or private medical care, like in the US? Is it better to have strong unemployment benefits (Sweden, Denmark) or strong worker protection laws (France)? Is pure capitalism (US) better than Social Democracy (EU), or is the better choice Capital Oriented Communism (China)? The freedom for states to compete fiscally has produced an aberration, though, in the form of offshores. We should work towards severely limiting capital flux between our societies an unregulated tax havens. Without hurting the basic competition principle, though. Throw the bath water out, keep the baby.

al3xnull 10y ago

Because it is crazy. We can't trust people in power now but the idea of nations wanting to consolidate power even further to a committee of some number (even 101 or even 1001) to rule the ENTIRE world and economy? Won't solve any problems. Now instead of 1%, the rest of the populaces will refer to them at the "Infamous Thousand And One". If countries want to make sure their citizens stop using offshore methods, it should be made law and the market will play out.

matt_wulfeck 10y ago

Why not get everyone on your block to pool their money and act like a single family? Probably because different people have vastly different ideas, goals, and sensibilities.

sergiosgc 10y ago

One of the lessons that history in the XIX and XX century taught us is that economic competition between states is essential for determining how to best organize societies. A single worldwide ruling hierarchy negates this competition and may hold humanity in a local maximum. Even today, there are major choices that are different between successful societies, and the definition of what is best is yet to be found. Is it better to have state paid medical care, like in Europe, or private medical care, like in the US? Is it better to have strong unemployment benefits (Sweden, Denmark) or strong worker protection laws (France)? Is pure capitalism (US) better than Social Democracy (EU), or is the better choice Capital Oriented Communism (China)? The freedom for states to compete fiscally has produced an aberration, though, in the form of offshores. We should work towards severely limiting capital flux between our societies an unregulated tax havens. Without hurting the basic competition principle, though. Throw the bath water out, keep the baby.