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>The government in capitalist societies can't force someone to open a business when unemployment gets too high It does all the time, no? At least here, town ha
by mrkrab 9y ago
>The government in capitalist societies can't force someone to open a business when unemployment gets too high
It does all the time, no? At least here, town halls give stupid jobs to people when unemployment is too high. Obviously, the results are catastrofic.
- freehunter 9y agoThere are notable exceptions (like the New Deal) but it's not a really widespread program. The government can certainly give people jobs, but they're either filling existing demand (like Manpower-type headhunters) or they're creating demand through government work (like road construction). It's not like Soviet Russia where the government can open a new plant and put people to work there producing private-market goods and then shut it down when supply gets too big.