In this, the "The Social Capitalist" thread, as a "Skip" (white, anglo-saxon-irish christian heritage, 5th generation Australian) I am constrained by the Oz circumstance as a social model. I would prefer to expand my mindset by concentrating on the perspective of emerging economies. From an Oz perspective, Malaysia & Indonesia are important neighbours. So my first thoughts are directed towards their circumstance, but China, India and elsewhere are, imo, also worth consideration.
I need "on the ground" input...
Tell me about your circumstance - especially the economics & societal constraints of where you live... The availability of macro and/or micro finance...and whatever you think worth mentioning to improve your "standard of living"...
nb: The idea of a "standard of living" (SoL) is highly subjective. For the purpose of this discussion I suggest we exclude all consumerables that we as a collective society could realistically live without. I think the internet is a useful societal tool (eg: access to education in remote communities) so I'd include it as an essential in formulating a SoL benchmark. Mobile phones (?).
Quick background: For decades I have been asked what my economic pursuasian was. Whether my thoughts gravitate to the extreme left, left, middle-left, middle, middle-right, right or extreme right.
My reality is that I don't subscribe to any of these pdgeon holes, so at some stage, so long ago it is lost from memory, I hit on the idea of the "Social Capitalist". To me, this loosely translates into the Oz concept of "the Commonwealth" which translates as "the national wealth in common" which loosely translates as "betterment of the individual" or more precisely egalitarianism at a social level (but not necessarily at an economic level).
In the Oz model, consitutionally, govt (both federal & state) are obligated to provide equality in the provision of "essential services" (eg: education, health & defense) to all legal residents of the nation. Through a system of tiered taxation this obligation is extended to individuals with surplus discretionary income.
That basically outlines my core precepts...
I need "on the ground" input...
Tell me about your circumstance - especially the economics & societal constraints of where you live... The availability of macro and/or micro finance...and whatever you think worth mentioning to improve your "standard of living"...
nb: The idea of a "standard of living" (SoL) is highly subjective. For the purpose of this discussion I suggest we exclude all consumerables that we as a collective society could realistically live without. I think the internet is a useful societal tool (eg: access to education in remote communities) so I'd include it as an essential in formulating a SoL benchmark. Mobile phones (?).
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Quick background: For decades I have been asked what my economic pursuasian was. Whether my thoughts gravitate to the extreme left, left, middle-left, middle, middle-right, right or extreme right.
My reality is that I don't subscribe to any of these pdgeon holes, so at some stage, so long ago it is lost from memory, I hit on the idea of the "Social Capitalist". To me, this loosely translates into the Oz concept of "the Commonwealth" which translates as "the national wealth in common" which loosely translates as "betterment of the individual" or more precisely egalitarianism at a social level (but not necessarily at an economic level).
In the Oz model, consitutionally, govt (both federal & state) are obligated to provide equality in the provision of "essential services" (eg: education, health & defense) to all legal residents of the nation. Through a system of tiered taxation this obligation is extended to individuals with surplus discretionary income.
That basically outlines my core precepts...
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