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Originally Posted by Jasper84  I agree, a relationship of govt with free market and corporations is not necessarily bad. I think it is slippery if the relations are not clear though. I think transparently should be demanded, there should be a clear organization that knows all of govts interactions with capitalism, and is open to scruteny.
That still leaves the problem of inability to compete with some corporations, though. (But i am not sure how bad that is, perhaps it is not bad.)
About Sweden, I thought they had capitalism there? I mean, Europe's left governments still employ capitalism, but with many controls like laws on work conditions. And of course, they heavily employ tax for social programs.
I think that is the way to go for quite a time in the future, moderated capitalism. |
I absolutely agree with the upmost transparency and scrutiny of the government. I am thankful that there is The Freedom of Information Act in the UK, though I am unclear what other countries policies are when information is requested about public bodies.
On the point of being unable to compete with certain corporations; you're right in that certain corporations hold strong monopolies on sectors of the market, and yet despite legal intervention hold on to it with an iron grip. It is a problem and something does need to be done, though the market is still largely very competitive.
You're also right about Sweden. It is very much just a strong Social Democratic country. It has become a lot more moderate since their economic troubles in the 1970's, mainly thanks to the Social Democrats losing the elections twice in the second half of that decade and the centre-right government introducing much more market-based policies. Still, to be fair on the Swedish Social Democrats, even before, they were quite moderate and socially progressive compared to many similar parties.