And here’s another bit from Michael Crichton’s ‘Disclosure’ (which he says is based on a true story), 1st published in 1994, but still feels contemporary in lots of areas; this is part of a longer speech:
“Third, I think that we have an obligation to— a social obligation, if you will— to keep high-paying skilled jobs in the U.S. Other countries don’t export good jobs. Why should we? Each of our offshore manufacturing decisions has been made for a specific reason, and, personally, I hope we start to move them back here. Because there are many hidden costs in offshore fabrication. … we need manufacturing. If there’s anything that the last twenty years has shown us, it’s that design and manufacturing are all one process. You start splitting off the design engineers from the manufacturing guys and you’ll end up with bad design. You’ll end up with General Motors.”

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Excellent discussion of “limitarianism" as a common sense alternative to the ideas of neo-liberalism and libertarianism. Most of these ideas are not new to me, but I like the synthesis.

One critical takeaway in today's political environment: Why do we work so hard to prevent human migration for economic benefit of the poor, while making it so easy for capital migration for tax avoidance by the rich?

https://overcast.fm/+FOOR-I238

#economics #inequality #wealth #taxes #socialobligation #democracy

Societal Responsibility ---- True Civilization advances solutions for a better world
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The point of society is to create a better Environment and Existence for everyone,not set loose #Profoteering #Predators to prey upon the people
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