Kurt_Tank, a strongly regulated capitalist driven open market. No system has ever been perfect. The future will be more of the same.
Danlib 1, greed is neither inherently good or bad (let's ignore the 7 deadly sins). It's an human behavior pattern which is essential to an individual's survival. While individuals may afford ethical behavior, the capitalist free market model is purposely lacking ethics. In essence it states that the unbridled pursuit of ones' self interest will lead to the most efficient distribution of society's resources with the least curbs on individual freedom. A morally good outcome arises from the chaos of human impulses -- a neat trick if it truly worked. Based upon your comments about ethical standards, I suspect that we really don't disagree, that much.
Fiddler, check out these Dwight Yoakam lyrics from "Readin', Rightin', Route 23"
They learned readin', rightin', Route 23
To the jobs that lay waiting in those cities' factories
They didn't know that old highway
Could lead them to a world of misery
To claim that labor unions destroyed the car companies is non-factual. When times were good at the Big 3, nobody claimed labor unions were the authors, so why blame them when things went bad? Now if the Chevy Vega or Ford Pinto had been designed by the UAW, I might be open to changing my mind. Blaming the union is like blaming home buyers for the mortgage debt/financial collapse. But then again, certain types of people look past the facts and do blame the borrower.
Rok2id, France started WWII -- please explain.
