BOOK REVIEW
Maonomics, Author: Loretta Napoleoni.
By Miriam Cosic – Communist China is proving to be the most adept capitalist country of all: the result of a historic convergence of Marxist analysis, Confucian values and pragmatism. Despite the threat it appears to pose to the West – its burgeoning economic strength, the cynicism of its international relations, its human rights record – Napoleoni says China has set a new standard for capitalist success.
It is also redefining modernity. The French Revolution, with its groundbreaking Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen, set the original political framework for the modern world.
“In the European crisis, if we had had someone like Deng Xiaoping, instead of Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy, who at every single step have to go back to their Bundestag or their parliament in order to find out what they can and cannot say, if we had someone with true vision of what Europe can be next, I think we wouldn’t be where we are.
“If we get out of the ideological box we are in, the sky is the limit. We can do anything.” more> http://is.gd/w4BjhO
Let me add here that people need to understand and be sensible in making their personal and collective economic choices.
In managing the economy in any country, people and their government have to choose between four distinctly different available paths. Let us define them clearly and in simple terms:
Model A:
Maximize production & export; while maximizing consumption & imports. The results are: fast development; environmental degradation; and materialistic corporatism. (Capitalism)
Model B:
Maximize production & export; while minimizing consumption & imports. The results are: wealth accumulation; social disparities; and international hostility. (Communism)
Model C:
Low production & export; while maximizing consumption & imports. The results are: sovereign debts; loss of independence; and dysfunctional state. (Yet to know a name for this stupid system; suggestions are welcome!)
Model D:
Low production & export; while minimizing consumption & imports. The results are: slow development; low qualities; and weak defenses. (which are not bad as they may perceived). (Nationalism)
Only these models are demonstrated in all countries and the citizens can plainly know which way their country is going to, and argue with their governments the wisdom of their path.
So now what do people want? Do they want to be crazy; greedy; irresponsible; or vulnerable?
If people look deep inside their souls the answer will be definitely obvious.
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