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Terri Friedline — Want a Green New Deal? Then Challenge Global Capitalism

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Capitalism is an economic system that favor capital (ownership) over labor (people) and land (the environment) because capital formulation generates growth and "a rising tide lifts all boats" (trickle down). Socialism is an economic system that favors labor (people) and land (the environment) over capital (ownership) because the economic system is the life-support system of society and needs to be subjected to the comprehensive needs of society, which are social and political in addition to economic.  In addition, contemporary "capitalism" is economically inefficient owing to socialization of negative externality and rent extraction facilitated by asymmetries. These asymmetries are social (class structure privilege the ownership class that results in social unrest), political (wealth

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Capitalism is an economic system that favor capital (ownership) over labor (people) and land (the environment) because capital formulation generates growth and "a rising tide lifts all boats" (trickle down).

Socialism is an economic system that favors labor (people) and land (the environment) over capital (ownership) because the economic system is the life-support system of society and needs to be subjected to the comprehensive needs of society, which are social and political in addition to economic. 

In addition, contemporary "capitalism" is economically inefficient owing to socialization of negative externality and rent extraction facilitated by asymmetries. These asymmetries are social (class structure privilege the ownership class that results in social unrest), political (wealth translates into political power resulting in oligarchy), and economic (income and wealth inequality that result in maldistribution masquerading as "just deserts."

The time has come to reset the balance.

The American Prospect
Want a Green New Deal? Then Challenge Global Capitalism

Terri Friedline

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Mike Norman
Mike Norman is an economist and veteran trader whose career has spanned over 30 years on Wall Street. He is a former member and trader on the CME, NYMEX, COMEX and NYFE and he managed money for one of the largest hedge funds and ran a prop trading desk for Credit Suisse.

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