Comments on: Comparative Government: A Thought Experiment http://thri.ca/archives/80 Veritas Pulchritudo Est Fri, 16 Mar 2012 01:43:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: thrica http://thri.ca/archives/80/comment-page-1#comment-8756 thrica Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:05:39 +0000 http://www.thrica.com/blog/?p=80#comment-8756 I'd hardly identify the US with a libertarian country - from a business regulatory perspective, there's some, but not a lot of difference between the US and Europe (at least not enough difference to justify a mass move); and businesses in China, etc. don't have the autonomy to move. The highest governmental contrast I can think of where businesses in both had autonomy to move was the pre-collapse Soviet Union and the rest of the Western world, when that flight did happen. By cutthroat capitalism I had more in mind the industrializing North of the 1800s with terrible working conditions and such. The settling down can be done either with regulation (what we've done) or a labor shortage (which we don't have). I’d hardly identify the US with a libertarian country – from a business regulatory perspective, there’s some, but not a lot of difference between the US and Europe (at least not enough difference to justify a mass move); and businesses in China, etc. don’t have the autonomy to move. The highest governmental contrast I can think of where businesses in both had autonomy to move was the pre-collapse Soviet Union and the rest of the Western world, when that flight did happen.

By cutthroat capitalism I had more in mind the industrializing North of the 1800s with terrible working conditions and such. The settling down can be done either with regulation (what we’ve done) or a labor shortage (which we don’t have).

]]> By: William Randolph http://thri.ca/archives/80/comment-page-1#comment-8755 William Randolph Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:24:14 +0000 http://www.thrica.com/blog/?p=80#comment-8755 i'm curious how well this argument will stand up to empirical evidence. it's been a long time since the massive deregulations of the 80s. there has been an increase in income inequality, there has been little industrial flight from the major socialistic countries to the united states, per capita GDP in europe and the US are comparable and there is little evidence of a "settling down" of cutthroat capitalism. in a 2 country world, i'd be much more inclined to agree with this idea, but as it is now i am curious if it would stand up to an actual empirical evaluation rather than my "remember random ideas that were mentioned in classes or books" approach. i’m curious how well this argument will stand up to empirical evidence. it’s been a long time since the massive deregulations of the 80s. there has been an increase in income inequality, there has been little industrial flight from the major socialistic countries to the united states, per capita GDP in europe and the US are comparable and there is little evidence of a “settling down” of cutthroat capitalism. in a 2 country world, i’d be much more inclined to agree with this idea, but as it is now i am curious if it would stand up to an actual empirical evaluation rather than my “remember random ideas that were mentioned in classes or books” approach.

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