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What accounts for the spikes in these graphs? Conservative (free market) policy or corporatist (government intervention) policy?









Why'd average Wall St. bonus pay recently quadruple average annual salaries? Why'd the financial sector recently triple the nonfinancial sector? Why'd the highest incomes recently increase 36 times faster than median family income?

Provide concrete explanations as to how X (policy) caused Y (economic indicator). Point to specific legislation or executive orders.

The liberal position is predictable: The unprecedented extreme growth in the financial sector and increased inequality is bad. Free market policy (deregulation of banks --> derivatives market expansion --> collapse) is to blame.

I'm more interested in the conservative position: How do you explain the unprecedented growth in the financial sector and the increased income inequality? What're the causes? Is corporatism (government interventionism) responsible? If so, how? Do you draw a connection between the above figures and the financial collapse?

I honestly don't understand the conservative position.

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Date: 20/4/10 19:36 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] the-rukh.livejournal.com
Certain people consistently put the blame on the victims.
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Date: 21/4/10 03:43 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] the-rukh.livejournal.com
Hey I just recognize when you set up a system where the cost of living is constantly going up, while income is not, fight tooth and nail to prevent people from having a means to afford healthcare in the most expensive healthcare system in the world, and on top of that spend billions a year telling people their shitty lives will be great if they just take out an easy loan, that everyone is doing it and it's irresponsible and short-sighted not to,

and then blame it all on them. Its a douche thing to do.
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Date: 21/4/10 05:13 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] the-rukh.livejournal.com
Nope, I could have actually added a lot more that really happens. Consumer society, entitlement to have work=profit, linking wealth with worth, etc.

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