[ExI] retrainability of plebeians

[Rafal Smigrodzki]

On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Stathis Papaioannou <stathisp at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/5/6 Olga Bourlin <fauxever at sprynet.com>:
>
>> Stathis, I am glad you are pointing out the "quality of life" aspect.
>>
>> This article about Finland also touches on the subject (and doesn't
>> pussyfoot around in saying there are tradeoffs):
>>
>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20090501/cm_csm/ycorson
>
> I wouldn't say Finland is an economic slouch, either. More evidence
> that socialist policies do not necessarily adversely affect technical
> innovation and industrial efficiency:
>
> http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1026/p01s03-woeu.htm
>
### The US is only 6 points ahead of Finland on the EFI
(http://www.heritage.org/index/ranking.aspx). US=capitalism,
Finland=socialism?

No. Just different flavors of socialism. Socialist policies always
negatively affect economic growth.

Rafal