PoliticalNightmare
20th November 2010, 14:53
Hi. I'm looking for some statistics to back up some of my arguments:
*Minimum wage does not increase unemployment
*State intervention and the capitalisation of cheap labour (sweatshops) overseas has seen a decrease in living standards abroad.
*Free market economies such as Great Britain, the US, etc. prosper and generally have higher living standards now than before due to their exploitation of labour in third world countries.
*Free market economies don't generally have great standards of living particularly among the working classes: the social division is as high as ever.
*That socialist measures such as free education, minimum wage and basic working condition laws have improved living standards particularly in "free market" economies.
*That the EU wastes thousands of tonnes of food every year.
*That economic, social and environmental issues such as the Nigerian Oil Spills, the BP disasater, the Bhopal Carbonicide Leaks and the EU being so wasteful, etc., are not just a result of corporatism: they are a result of the free market as well.
*That anarchist societies such as Catolonia '36 have been the most successful with the highest social mobility.
*That just because a country is wealthy doesn't mean everyone is more prosperous (including the poor people).
*That in the UK and US spending cuts aren't necessary or that they are necessary but they could hit the rich a lot harder.
*That competition as a result of privatisation does not increase living standards and why.
*That tax cuts to the rich do not necessarily improve the services that their business provide to society: that the profit incentive argument is rubbish.
*That the economic calculation debate is flawed and that under socialism, we would be effectively be able to calculate the value of goods.
Cheers.
*Edit: Just thought of another one - "The British Monarchy does not bring in more money than tourism".
*And another one - the majority of the British/American Government's spending was wasteful (e.g. politician's expenses, etc.) rather than constructive (social welfare, etc.) and that the recession was primarily the fault of a lack of government regulation in the banking industry rather than over-spending and nationalisation of trade.
*Minimum wage does not increase unemployment
*State intervention and the capitalisation of cheap labour (sweatshops) overseas has seen a decrease in living standards abroad.
*Free market economies such as Great Britain, the US, etc. prosper and generally have higher living standards now than before due to their exploitation of labour in third world countries.
*Free market economies don't generally have great standards of living particularly among the working classes: the social division is as high as ever.
*That socialist measures such as free education, minimum wage and basic working condition laws have improved living standards particularly in "free market" economies.
*That the EU wastes thousands of tonnes of food every year.
*That economic, social and environmental issues such as the Nigerian Oil Spills, the BP disasater, the Bhopal Carbonicide Leaks and the EU being so wasteful, etc., are not just a result of corporatism: they are a result of the free market as well.
*That anarchist societies such as Catolonia '36 have been the most successful with the highest social mobility.
*That just because a country is wealthy doesn't mean everyone is more prosperous (including the poor people).
*That in the UK and US spending cuts aren't necessary or that they are necessary but they could hit the rich a lot harder.
*That competition as a result of privatisation does not increase living standards and why.
*That tax cuts to the rich do not necessarily improve the services that their business provide to society: that the profit incentive argument is rubbish.
*That the economic calculation debate is flawed and that under socialism, we would be effectively be able to calculate the value of goods.
Cheers.
*Edit: Just thought of another one - "The British Monarchy does not bring in more money than tourism".
*And another one - the majority of the British/American Government's spending was wasteful (e.g. politician's expenses, etc.) rather than constructive (social welfare, etc.) and that the recession was primarily the fault of a lack of government regulation in the banking industry rather than over-spending and nationalisation of trade.