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As a non-american, this kind of argument is really crazy for me. This isn't an economic discussion, but one about which kind of society we want to live. We alwa
by neves 12y ago
As a non-american, this kind of argument is really crazy for me. This isn't an economic discussion, but one about which kind of society we want to live. We always read all American politicians talking about the importance of the "Family", but the richest nation in the World can't afford their fathers to spend a dozen of days with their newborns?
- gordaco 12y agoIndeed; I've been thinking the same for a lot of time. The way the economy is treated in most media and political speech, even here in Europe, is almost machiavellian: everything is about the economy, nothing actually matters except it, whichever additional benefit is only collateral to the real thing; and of course, whichever damage caused is justified by the supposed greater good, so suck it up. Somehow we have forgotten that economy is the means and life (both as individuals and as a society) is the end, not the other way round.
- dragonwriter 12y ago> This isn't an economic discussion, but one about which kind of society we want to live. Its both -- indeed, decisions about which kind of society we want to live in are usually economic decisions (as they are decisions about the preferred rules for distribution of scarce resources.)