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The valuing of economic growth seems to be almost required as a Darwinian feature of nations. Resolve as a nation to value economic growth less than your neighb
by datadata 4y ago
The valuing of economic growth seems to be almost required as a Darwinian feature of nations. Resolve as a nation to value economic growth less than your neighbors, and you will soon be overpowered by them.
- titzer 4y agoYes! This is one of the many bad incentives.
- datadata 4y agoI don't disagree, but I think the Darwinian part transcends the idea of incentives. You wouldn't say that a tree has an incentive to reproduce, as a byproduct of a Darwinian natural selection they are guaranteed to have that property. Similarly, civilizations that have economic activity are guaranteed (in a Darwinian sense) to have economic growth.
- otikik 4y agoNot if all the nations do it together.
- arsome 4y agoAh yes, truly an easy sell. Let's try telling that to the developing nations who's people are just getting access to clean water, electricity, refrigeration and transportation first.
- otikik 4y agoI didn’t say it would be. “We will do these things not because they are easy, but because they are hard”
- datadata 4y agoSure, but that is not a stable solution. Defection is rewarded.
- otikik 4y agoSo we need a reward (or a punishment) that is perceived as bigger than defection.
- fghfhgfh 4y agoHave you been to small villages in developing countries? Their lives revolve around capitalism and local markets. Everyone knows each other. I've never seen more "neighborly" places
- datadata 4y agoI don't see your point? I didn't say that capitalism leads to conflict, merely that not pursuing economic growth should lead to being overwhelmed by those that do.