Will capitalist economies operate at full employment in the absence of routine intervention? Certainly not. Are deviations from full employment a social problem? Obviously.
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Are deviations from full employment a social problem? Obviously.
But it is also clear that left entirely untouched by public policy, the capitalist system will produce more inequality than is socially healthy or than is necessary for maximum efficiency.
A true capitalist doesn't have a job, because other people and other people's money work for them.
I don't think that left to its own devices, capitalism moves along smoothly and everyone gets treated fairly in the process. Capitalism is like a child: if you want the child to grow up free and productive, somebody's got to look over the shoulder of that child.
In hindsight it may even seem inevitable that a socialist society will starve when it runs out of capitalists.
While there's capitalism, there'll be socialism, because there is always a response to injustice.
Capitalist systems function less well without state protection of investors, lenders, and companies against monopoly, deception, and fraud.
I believe totally in a Capitalist System, I only wish that someone would try it.
What if capitalism is unsustainable, and socialism is impossible?
Someday, the capitalist system will disappear in the United States, because no social class system has been eternal. One day, class societies will disappear.
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