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Which is more important?
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This is not a matter of morality. Fiscal matters such as this are matters of legitimate debate.
That said, it seems to me that if one is able to keep people employed, inflation will indirectly be naturally controlled by the resulting competition in various markets.
That said, it seems to me that if one is able to keep people employed, inflation will indirectly be naturally controlled by the resulting competition in various markets.
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Nathan David
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From a moral standpoint you would want less unemployment. But the thing with economics is if you try to focus on just one variable you end up with all kinds of unintended consequences.
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hm, good question. Inflation hurts everyone to a degree. Unemployment hurts some, but hurts way deeper.
I remember when I was a kid. Inflation on my country was around 80%/month. You know what that means? Money worths nothing. I went to the newstand, the magazines didn't bring price in their cover, just a code.The newstander would have a tally with him, showing the prices each code refer to. The publisher would re-do this tally every week. some finantial products would not give people earnings by the month or week, but by night! Deposit at the end of the day, withdraw more the following morning. Pure madness, I tell you.
I saw a recent study (i belive at ananova news site, will check later) that people get more unhappy to loose their job than to get divorced or became a widower. The stress is bigger. At the same time, I don't believe we'll reach a situation where there's employment to everybody in the world. Is that an excuse for not worrying with the matter? Hardly.
I think most religions - more than religions, human morality - demands for us to help those in need. And, in this case, those are the jobless.
Even so, that must be done in a way it doesn't hurt the rest of society.
I remember when I was a kid. Inflation on my country was around 80%/month. You know what that means? Money worths nothing. I went to the newstand, the magazines didn't bring price in their cover, just a code.The newstander would have a tally with him, showing the prices each code refer to. The publisher would re-do this tally every week. some finantial products would not give people earnings by the month or week, but by night! Deposit at the end of the day, withdraw more the following morning. Pure madness, I tell you.
I saw a recent study (i belive at ananova news site, will check later) that people get more unhappy to loose their job than to get divorced or became a widower. The stress is bigger. At the same time, I don't believe we'll reach a situation where there's employment to everybody in the world. Is that an excuse for not worrying with the matter? Hardly.
I think most religions - more than religions, human morality - demands for us to help those in need. And, in this case, those are the jobless.
Even so, that must be done in a way it doesn't hurt the rest of society.
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