XPost: sci.econ, alt.freemasonry, alt.society.labor-unions   
   XPost: alt.philosophy.confucianism   
   From: dale@dalekelly.org   
      
   Apply supply and demand to labor. Pay the jobs less people want, more. Pay   
   the jobs more people want, less. That would be communal capitalism. Call   
   it socialism. I would only apply this to public endeavors, and I think   
   publicly traded enterprise is public endeavor for reasons too long for a   
   blurb.   
      
   Ofcourse there are livelyhoods depending on the status quo establishment   
   that would have to be balanced by an implementation of such a paradigm.   
      
   Perhaps start-ups would see it in their interest and lead the way, even if   
   private. Seems to me it would be a tremendous boon to production. Both   
   communists and capitalists seem to like production according to my limited   
   studies.   
      
   Certainly skill preparation/assessment would be variables, and perhaps   
   standardized. A flavor related to this would bring a harmony to micro   
   and  macro economics, methinks. Got an A in both micro and macro   
   economics, don't remember much besides that "supply and demand" can be   
   harmonious if only in the micro, or something like that.   
      
   I agree a "living wage" for a "minimum wage" would be a good start in the   
   right direction. A discussion of what "standard of living" is beyond my   
   skill level and probably a relative thing.   
      
      
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