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Does the culture of the US give it a better economy?
« on: October 19, 2005, 08:08:15 AM »
This has crossed my mind several times and after discussing it with a few professors I think it is worthy of consideration.  It
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« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2005, 08:39:04 AM »
I think that's absolutely right.

Then its a question of how far you want to go back.  America has always depended on immigration of one kind of another, so whether it was the first colonialists or later Italians, etc, the people who came here already had the ethic of being willing to travel if that's what it took.  Then, once here, we had to travel to develop the full scope of the continent.  These ethics would have been handed down, even if only implicitly, from one generation to the next.

What's really interesting to me is that despite this willingness to travel, despite Chomsky's allegations, American citizens have been resistant in general to the idea of 'colonialization.'  And this is in contrast to the European powers, who had to be forcibly restrained, rejected, and expelled.

There has got to be something about the de facto '40 hour work week' expectation, too.

Personally, I'd be willing to see a little less economic growth if it meant that it was easier to survive with more free time, etc.  I think Americans work too hard.
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« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2005, 03:15:30 PM »
show me charts for your per capita theory.
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« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2005, 03:09:46 AM »
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« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2005, 03:29:33 PM »
How about evidence?
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"One of the great achievements of science has been, if not to make it impossible for intelligent people to be religious, then at least to make it possible for them not to be religious. We should not retreat from this accomplishment." (ibid.)
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« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2005, 09:34:21 AM »
What don
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« Reply #6 on: October 25, 2005, 03:03:22 PM »
I've heard of western europe unemployment as far as I can see they lead easier lives.
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"One of the great achievements of science has been, if not to make it impossible for intelligent people to be religious, then at least to make it possible for them not to be religious. We should not retreat from this accomplishment." (ibid.)
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« Reply #7 on: October 25, 2005, 07:26:58 PM »
The fact that they lead easier lives (don't get caught up in the rat race like we do) actually supports the "theory".
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« Reply #8 on: October 26, 2005, 06:35:28 AM »
Exactly, but this is about culture and economic development/strength and not about if one is overall better than the other.  Stick to the two variables.
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« Reply #9 on: October 26, 2005, 02:49:50 PM »
Our culture hurts our economy because many things that hurt our economy our caused by our culture. Ex:Smoking & eating fast food
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« Reply #10 on: October 27, 2005, 10:56:13 AM »
The US doesn
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« Reply #11 on: October 27, 2005, 03:18:34 PM »
Greasy foods are damaging our hearts giving those people less time to work and earn money and spend it.
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"Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion." (Washington, D.C., April 1999) [2]

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« Reply #12 on: October 28, 2005, 03:19:30 AM »
How does that compare to other cultures?  In Italy and Spain (and several other Mediteranian countries) almost everything is cooked in olive oil.  Is this good or bad?  How does it compare to US culture?  You
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« Reply #13 on: October 28, 2005, 08:06:09 AM »
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« Reply #14 on: October 29, 2005, 06:17:40 PM »
Just saw on CNN the other night, that one reason that the US is more economically stronger is because of their spending power.  About 2/3 of their growth is due to the spending of the general public.  Other than that, I really don't have much else to input into this thread.

I'm not really sure, but... I think that our Canadian economy lacks because it relies more on import than export.  But in this area, I am not one worth giving any thing worth discussing.  Perhaps I will ask my friend who keeps these kind of things close to his heart.
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