We were
grown up with a principle which explains that it
is considered fundamental learning something as deep as
possible. Specializing ourselves
in something can bring us to a high quality life standard. Infact
young people are always scared about what they have to choose as
sector in their studies. Concerning the big choice they try to understand which will be the main sector in
the next years. So they are able to
decide a universitary path which brings them to a degree, a good job, a career and a family creation. That is the "American dream".
The same dream for each of us. But the reality is quite different.
They can imagine that such a dream was possible some decades ago.
Now we must
further image the next future as something really foggy. Something
unpredictable. People prefer to do not have a
long term project. Though they choose short time choices which can give some relief in
their tough
days. Who has been given
the opportunity to study some
economic subject can understand short time and long time policies. From the economy fields we can transport this concept
in our day by day
lives. If people do not have any possibility to build something in a
long period of time they probably decide to do not save and do not invest.
They will obviously decide to save everything they can because
they are just scared about tomorrow. So cars will be unsold, such as
houses and everything it could be considered
long term investments.
Also the food sector will be affected because high quality
food will be considered too expensive. People prefer
using coupons to buy food. Maybe they will be careful in checking every time where they can buy saving. Just saving. A saving way of
life. This is the opposite
comparing it with the American dream where
everyone can buy a beautiful
house, an amazing car and everything it could occur to live
better.
The American dream is based on capitalism. And the meaning of capitalism
is debt. It exists
a person who takes the debt and, obviously, another one
who has a credit. This is capitalism. What we have always
heard about capitalism, market and things like that, are always been
based on this basilar simple concept. Who try to say anything
else is just repeating what they heard on some talk show.
Or maybe
something they remind from their economic
universitary course.
The
simplicity of
capitalism is its destroying power. Despite we should be
grate to this, we must consider it is also
powerfully dangerous.
Infact any ideology doesn't really hurt anyone.
But try to put it
in the reality and it is clearly evident that human being use it just for doing their
private interest.
I personally retain that if it has passed more than 50 years from Keynes's death, there is something people are ignoring. Probably Keynesian solutions does do not have all the resolutions for the crisis
we are living. But we could get take in discussion the choice which permits us to start a new economic path. And I think we need it because the american dream is clearly finished.
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