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There Are Different Ways To Organise Capitalism. Free-market Capitalism Is Only One Of Them-and Not A Very Good One At That.

Above A Certain Level Of Income, The Relative Value Of Material Consumption Vis-a-vis Leisure Time Is Diminished, So Earning A Higher Income At The Cost Of Working Longer Hours May Reduce The Quality Of Your Life. More Importantly, The Fact That The Citizens Of A Country Work Longer Than Others In Comparable Countries Does Not Necessarily Mean That They Like Working Longer Hours. They May Be Compelled To Work Long Hours, Even If They Actually Want To Take Longer Holidays.

It's Not Just About The Current Economic Environment. History Shows That Slashing Budgets Always Leads To Recession.

Democracy And Markets Are Both Fundamental Building Blocks For A Decent Society. But They Clash At A Fundamental Level. We Need To Balance Them.

Rich Countries Have 'kicked Away The Ladder' By Forcing Free-market, Free-trade Policies On Poor Countries. Already Established Countries Do Not Want More Competitors Emerging Through The Nationalistic Policies They Themselves Successfully Used In The Past.