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DogMan · 61-69, M
@Julien Sorry brother but the Netherland social programs depend on Capitalism to exist.
So you are NOT a Socialist country. You are a Capitalist country with high taxes and a lot of Social programs.
You guys also fight fraud heavily, unlike the U.S. We protect fraudsters.
Capitalism made the Netherlands successful – and yet the Dutch can’t stand it
Iain Martin
Aug 30, 2023
This year, a book, Pioneers of Capitalism, was published by the renowned academic publisher Princeton University Press. It recounts the history of the Netherlands and the authors Maarten Prak and Jan Luiten von Zanden write that “the Netherlands was one of the forerunners in the emergence of capitalism.”
The Netherlands was one of the first and strongest capitalist countries. Its economic progressiveness was one reason why this small country (with a population of just two million at the time) rose to become the world’s leading power and trading nation. In the seventeenth century, this little country was, according to the authors, “the leading economy in the world”.
During this period, “Dutch ships dominated the world’s seas and Dutch merchants spun an intercontinental commercial network in which grain, wine, spices, sugar, tobacco, porcelain, and humans were bought and sold. They developed new ways of doing business, the best known of which is the financing of commercial enterprises through the issuing of shares.”
The driving force behind the Netherlands’ global expansion was not the state, but the first two joint stock companies in history, the Dutch East India Company (VOC), founded in 1602, and the Dutch West India Company (WIC).
To date, the Netherlands is one of the most economically free countries in the world. In the Index of Economic Freedom 2023, which ranks economic freedom in 176 countries, the Netherlands comes in at No. 8 – far ahead of the U.S. (No. 25) and the U.K. (No. 28), which are often referred to as the birthplaces of capitalism. The Heritage Foundation, which compiles the Index of Economic Freedom (widely regarded as a “capitalism ranking”), praises above all the strong rule of law in the Netherlands and the healthy state of government finances. However, it awards negative ratings for “government spending” and the Netherlands’ excessive tax burden.
So you are NOT a Socialist country. You are a Capitalist country with high taxes and a lot of Social programs.
You guys also fight fraud heavily, unlike the U.S. We protect fraudsters.
Capitalism made the Netherlands successful – and yet the Dutch can’t stand it
Iain Martin
Aug 30, 2023
This year, a book, Pioneers of Capitalism, was published by the renowned academic publisher Princeton University Press. It recounts the history of the Netherlands and the authors Maarten Prak and Jan Luiten von Zanden write that “the Netherlands was one of the forerunners in the emergence of capitalism.”
The Netherlands was one of the first and strongest capitalist countries. Its economic progressiveness was one reason why this small country (with a population of just two million at the time) rose to become the world’s leading power and trading nation. In the seventeenth century, this little country was, according to the authors, “the leading economy in the world”.
During this period, “Dutch ships dominated the world’s seas and Dutch merchants spun an intercontinental commercial network in which grain, wine, spices, sugar, tobacco, porcelain, and humans were bought and sold. They developed new ways of doing business, the best known of which is the financing of commercial enterprises through the issuing of shares.”
The driving force behind the Netherlands’ global expansion was not the state, but the first two joint stock companies in history, the Dutch East India Company (VOC), founded in 1602, and the Dutch West India Company (WIC).
To date, the Netherlands is one of the most economically free countries in the world. In the Index of Economic Freedom 2023, which ranks economic freedom in 176 countries, the Netherlands comes in at No. 8 – far ahead of the U.S. (No. 25) and the U.K. (No. 28), which are often referred to as the birthplaces of capitalism. The Heritage Foundation, which compiles the Index of Economic Freedom (widely regarded as a “capitalism ranking”), praises above all the strong rule of law in the Netherlands and the healthy state of government finances. However, it awards negative ratings for “government spending” and the Netherlands’ excessive tax burden.
Barefooter25 · 46-50, M
TheOneyouwerewarnedabout · 46-50, MVIP
Barefooter25 · 46-50, M
@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout It seems that kid's teacher who gave him an "F" is eager for a Pinochet helicopter ride. 🚁
Julien · 36-40, M
@Barefooter25 funny that the cia deposed Allende for Pinochet on 9/11 … 73
DogMan · 61-69, M
Yes, the socialist utopia depends on everyone being honest and hard working.
That would work if we were all Conservative.
That would work if we were all Conservative.
4meAndyou · F
@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout SO intensely TRUE!!!!