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Equality Of Opportunity Is Not Enough. Unless We Create An Environment Where Everyone Is Guaranteed Some Minimum Capabilities Through Some Guarantee Of Minimum Income, Education, And Healthcare, We Cannot Say That We Have Fair Competition. When Some People Have To Run A 100 Metre Race With Sandbags On Their Legs, The Fact That No One Is Allowed To Have A Head Start Does Not Make The Race Fair. Equality Of Opportunity Is Absolutely Necessary But Not Sufficient In Building A Genuinely Fair And Efficient Society.

The Danger Is Not Only That These Austerity Measures Are Killing The European Economies But Also That They Threaten The Very Legitimacy Of European Democracies - Not Just Directly By Threatening The Livelihoods Of So Many People And Pushing The Economy Into A Downward Spiral, But Also Indirectly By Undermining The Legitimacy Of The Political System Through This Backdoor Rewriting Of The Social Contract.

Assume The Worst About People And You Get The Worst.

Corruption Often Exists Because There Are Too Many Market Forces, Not Too Few.

The Best Way To Boost The Economy Is To Redistribute Wealth Downward, As Poorer People Tend To Spend A Higher Proportion Of Their Income.