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Originally Posted by xelasnave
But I dont think a market economy can function with 100% employement...
Alex
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True. I think people tend to forget that unemployment is a structural feature of capitalism, and possibly unique to it. Did you ever hear of an unemployed hunter gatherer? or subsistence farmer, or serf, or peasant? I'm not saying that any of these systems are preferable - they were replaced for good reasons - but lets not forget that it isn't the unemployed who cause the existence of unemployment.
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Originally Posted by casstony
I guess it would have to be a two tiered system, still based on capitalism, with the lucky/smart/driven people having jobs they competed for but the (otherwise) unemployed still having a living wage and being included in the community.
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Aren't you forgetting a tier? The capitalists.