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Colonialism and wealth transfer
DEI > than domination and extraction.
“Three US-based professors, including two UK-born academics, have been awarded this year’s Nobel prize in economics, for showing how the political and economic systems introduced by colonisers can determine whether a country is rich or poor today.
The explanation put forward by Turkish-American Daron Acemoğlu, Sheffield-born Simon Johnson and Briton James A Robinson, suggests that inclusive institutions set up for the long-term benefit of European migrants ended up resulting in more prosperous societies in the long term.
However, they found that in countries where the aim was to exploit the Indigenous population and extract resources for the colonisers’ benefit, the impact has been detrimental, and resulted in far poorer societies, leaving some countries trapped in low economic growth cycles.
“The laureates demonstrated that this led to a reversal of fortune. The places that were, relatively speaking, the richest at their time of colonisation are now among the poorest,” the Nobel prize announcement said……….
However, the academics said the effect can be reversed if a country can “break free of its inherited institutions to establish democracy and the rule of law. In the long run, these changes also lead to reduced poverty.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/ ... fLRKnjeZ9g
“Three US-based professors, including two UK-born academics, have been awarded this year’s Nobel prize in economics, for showing how the political and economic systems introduced by colonisers can determine whether a country is rich or poor today.
The explanation put forward by Turkish-American Daron Acemoğlu, Sheffield-born Simon Johnson and Briton James A Robinson, suggests that inclusive institutions set up for the long-term benefit of European migrants ended up resulting in more prosperous societies in the long term.
However, they found that in countries where the aim was to exploit the Indigenous population and extract resources for the colonisers’ benefit, the impact has been detrimental, and resulted in far poorer societies, leaving some countries trapped in low economic growth cycles.
“The laureates demonstrated that this led to a reversal of fortune. The places that were, relatively speaking, the richest at their time of colonisation are now among the poorest,” the Nobel prize announcement said……….
However, the academics said the effect can be reversed if a country can “break free of its inherited institutions to establish democracy and the rule of law. In the long run, these changes also lead to reduced poverty.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/ ... fLRKnjeZ9g
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I'm sure it was meant to be provocative, but DEI does not necessarily equal democracy and the rule of law, the last two being the main point the Nobel laureates were pushing in their research.kalm wrote: ↑Mon Oct 14, 2024 7:36 am DEI > than domination and extraction.
“Three US-based professors, including two UK-born academics, have been awarded this year’s Nobel prize in economics, for showing how the political and economic systems introduced by colonisers can determine whether a country is rich or poor today.
The explanation put forward by Turkish-American Daron Acemoğlu, Sheffield-born Simon Johnson and Briton James A Robinson, suggests that inclusive institutions set up for the long-term benefit of European migrants ended up resulting in more prosperous societies in the long term.
However, they found that in countries where the aim was to exploit the Indigenous population and extract resources for the colonisers’ benefit, the impact has been detrimental, and resulted in far poorer societies, leaving some countries trapped in low economic growth cycles.
“The laureates demonstrated that this led to a reversal of fortune. The places that were, relatively speaking, the richest at their time of colonisation are now among the poorest,” the Nobel prize announcement said……….
However, the academics said the effect can be reversed if a country can “break free of its inherited institutions to establish democracy and the rule of law. In the long run, these changes also lead to reduced poverty.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/ ... fLRKnjeZ9g
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Re: Colonialism and wealth transfer
It was.GannonFan wrote: ↑Mon Oct 14, 2024 9:23 amI'm sure it was meant to be provocative, but DEI does not necessarily equal democracy and the rule of law, the last two being the main point the Nobel laureates were pushing in their research.kalm wrote: ↑Mon Oct 14, 2024 7:36 am DEI > than domination and extraction.
“Three US-based professors, including two UK-born academics, have been awarded this year’s Nobel prize in economics, for showing how the political and economic systems introduced by colonisers can determine whether a country is rich or poor today.
The explanation put forward by Turkish-American Daron Acemoğlu, Sheffield-born Simon Johnson and Briton James A Robinson, suggests that inclusive institutions set up for the long-term benefit of European migrants ended up resulting in more prosperous societies in the long term.
However, they found that in countries where the aim was to exploit the Indigenous population and extract resources for the colonisers’ benefit, the impact has been detrimental, and resulted in far poorer societies, leaving some countries trapped in low economic growth cycles.
“The laureates demonstrated that this led to a reversal of fortune. The places that were, relatively speaking, the richest at their time of colonisation are now among the poorest,” the Nobel prize announcement said……….
However, the academics said the effect can be reversed if a country can “break free of its inherited institutions to establish democracy and the rule of law. In the long run, these changes also lead to reduced poverty.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/ ... fLRKnjeZ9g
And DEI is adjacent to the other two.
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DEI in it's pure form might be adjacent to the other two. DEI as practiced by the woke left in the US, not so much.
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Depends on how you define woke. I know the negative stories but there are some positive ones too.
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I'm all for real diversity, equity & inclusion.
I'm opposed to attempts to use it to shame/punish whites and/or males for what people did in the past. I'm also against attempts to use it to exclude/silence conservative or religious viewpoints. I've seen both happen.
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"Ours may become the first civilization destroyed, not by the power of our enemies, but by the ignorance of our teachers and the dangerous nonsense they are teaching our children. In an age of artificial intelligence, they are creating artificial stupidity."
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That's a very insightful review of Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters' policies.Caribbean Hen wrote: ↑Mon Oct 14, 2024 11:46 am "Ours may become the first civilization destroyed, not by the power of our enemies, but by the ignorance of our teachers and the dangerous nonsense they are teaching our children. In an age of artificial intelligence, they are creating artificial stupidity."
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UNI88 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 14, 2024 11:36 amI'm all for real diversity, equity & inclusion.
I'm opposed to attempts to use it to shame/punish whites and/or males for what people did in the past. I'm also against attempts to use it to exclude/silence conservative or religious viewpoints. I've seen both happen.
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Eh, that's a stretch. Heck, everything can be adjacent if you use that wide enough of a definition. And it takes away the focus of what the Nobel work actually was - basically, institutions and the rule of law matter most when it comes to allowing economic prosperity to happen. Power in the hands of the few to benefit those few does not work in the long term.
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I’m struggling to see the stretch or where you disagree at all here.GannonFan wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2024 6:23 amEh, that's a stretch. Heck, everything can be adjacent if you use that wide enough of a definition. And it takes away the focus of what the Nobel work actually was - basically, institutions and the rule of law matter most when it comes to allowing economic prosperity to happen. Power in the hands of the few to benefit those few does not work in the long term.
Diversity and inclusion are the opposites of power by the few. Both are core foundations of democracy.
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I don't see how our current DEI movement of the past few years that you reference really ties into this at all. The institutions and rule of law are already there and have been there, hence the reason for our success over the past 230+ years, as noted in the work being honored here.kalm wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2024 7:07 amI’m struggling to see the stretch or where you disagree at all here.GannonFan wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2024 6:23 am
Eh, that's a stretch. Heck, everything can be adjacent if you use that wide enough of a definition. And it takes away the focus of what the Nobel work actually was - basically, institutions and the rule of law matter most when it comes to allowing economic prosperity to happen. Power in the hands of the few to benefit those few does not work in the long term.
Diversity and inclusion are the opposites of power by the few. Both are core foundations of democracy.
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Remember, as you pointed out, I was being somewhat provocative. However if you’d like a serious discussion on the good and bad of DEI not just as ideals of democracy but as a modern corporate movement, we can.GannonFan wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2024 7:27 amI don't see how our current DEI movement of the past few years that you reference really ties into this at all. The institutions and rule of law are already there and have been there, hence the reason for our success over the past 230+ years, as noted in the work being honored here.
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So you agree (which, frankly, you already did after I pointed it out) your inclusion of DEI into the topic of the Nobel prize winners for economic has no bearing on that topic at all. Sorry to drag it out, I should've just gone with your admittance of that and left it there.kalm wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2024 7:52 amRemember, as you pointed out, I was being somewhat provocative. However if you’d like a serious discussion on the good and bad of DEI not just as ideals of democracy but as a modern corporate movement, we can.GannonFan wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2024 7:27 am
I don't see how our current DEI movement of the past few years that you reference really ties into this at all. The institutions and rule of law are already there and have been there, hence the reason for our success over the past 230+ years, as noted in the work being honored here.
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No problem. It all bleeds together anyway. Positive economic outcomes are improved for everyone when economic power in a society is diverse, inclusive, and equitable.GannonFan wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2024 8:00 amSo you agree (which, frankly, you already did after I pointed it out) your inclusion of DEI into the topic of the Nobel prize winners for economic has no bearing on that topic at all. Sorry to drag it out, I should've just gone with your admittance of that and left it there.
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No it doesn't
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FYPkalm wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2024 8:14 amNo problem. It all bleeds together anyway. Positive economic outcomes are improved for everyone when economic opportunity in a society is diverse, inclusive, and equitable.GannonFan wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2024 8:00 am
So you agree (which, frankly, you already did after I pointed it out) your inclusion of DEI into the topic of the Nobel prize winners for economic has no bearing on that topic at all. Sorry to drag it out, I should've just gone with your admittance of that and left it there.
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I’m fine with that.
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Wrong. Equality of outcome doesn’t improve economic power for everyone. Only way to achieve equality of outcome is through a commie like coercion by govt. Will improve outcomes for some; decrease it for others, and leave us economically worse off overall.kalm wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2024 8:14 amNo problem. It all bleeds together anyway. Positive economic outcomes are improved for everyone when economic power in a society is diverse, inclusive, and equitable.GannonFan wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2024 8:00 am
So you agree (which, frankly, you already did after I pointed it out) your inclusion of DEI into the topic of the Nobel prize winners for economic has no bearing on that topic at all. Sorry to drag it out, I should've just gone with your admittance of that and left it there.
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Wrong.
You must be a Curtis Yarvin fan.
Capitalism functions best when the system is more equitable rather than a commie coercion by oligarchs and large corporations who own the government. Better wages
and benefits, entrepreneurship, competition.
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Wrong. I have no idea who he is.
Wrong. There isn’t better wages benefits, entrepreneurship, competition with coerced equality of outcome.
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KKKalm hates successful white people.
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How are you measuring "best"? Does that factor in innovation, breakthroughs (technological, medicinal, etc), standard of living, etc? By what measure are you determining the optimal functioning of capitalism?
And again, where are you measuring equity, at the beginning (i.e. opportunity) or at the end (i.e. outcomes)? You seem to be doing both through multiple posts.
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Look him up. The people you follow love him.
So coercion be it from the government, or oligarchs, or government captured by oligarchs is a bad thing?
We agree.