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Oggranak (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@torturedgenius314 Friedman did not say that Einstein constructed his theory for money. As he said, the world is run by "individuals pursuing their separate interests." Notice he did NOT say, "Individuals pursuing monetary gain."
bctvguy (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@Terje1337 - Yes it would. Frank Wells from Warner Brothers was the real deal.All Eisner did was market what the Disney Brothers and the creative geniuses Disney gathered had already made in the previous 50 plus years. The animated features were made. The live action movies were made. The Disney TV show had been on for 30 years. Disneyland was almost 29 years old. Disney World was over 12.Anyone with a marketing degree and a good intellect could have done it and for less money.
Terje1337 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@bctvguy Do you think Disney would be what it is today without Eisner?
wwwE5150com (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@blkswimmer Amazing how you contradict youself within the same sentence.
tdetko (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@atosafi1 - The prosperity you described is all due to economic freedom. Rather than spread freedom to the rest of the world and raise their quality of life, you choose to lower ours by less freedom. You are out of touch with reality.
tdetko (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@blkswimmer - Capitalism is great and doesn't need govt coercion to force employees to work or owners to hire. Capitalism is the absence of govt coercion you obviously don't understand what capitalism is. AND IF THERE IS NO PROFIT, ARE YOU ALSO IN FAVOR OF EMPLOYEES SHARING THE LOSS BY PAYING RATHER THAN RECEIVING PAY??? Go risk your home and all your assets and start a business and see how much you like the govt telling you how much you are allowed to keep. You dont know what Capitalism is
TDSchmitz12 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
@blkswimmer There are limitations in a capitalist society. The free market allows an emplyee the option to work for another company if they feel they are not compensated fairly. For comanies to survive in a free market and attract good talent they must pay a fair wage or they will go out of business.
atosafi1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
If you have food in your fridge, clothes on your back, a roof over your head and a place to sleep you are richer than 75% of the world. If you have money in the bank, your wallet, and some spare change you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy. If you can read this message you are more fortunate than the 3 billion people in the world who can't read at all.This is capitalism in a nutshell.Friedman seems to be out of touch with reality.
Hopeful71 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
A. Love the actual intelligent discussion as opposed to today's 5 second sound bite shouting matchB. Government programs created nuclear technology & the space program; by far the 2 biggest achievements of the 20th centuryC. Keynes economics saved us from the Depression; not the free market (comparatively)D. Capitalism has limits; FREE MARKET capitalism bears heavy costsE. Politicians aren't angels but democracy CAN (not IS) be a far better compass then greed (in certain cases)
DrHogfan (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
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