Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

  • Erstellt am 2021-04-23 10:46:58

BackSteinGotik

2021-04-28 19:38:37
  • #1


No one has ever claimed that pure capitalism, like all -isms, is somehow great. Likewise, the "free" market economy, a rather failed model of the 1990s. It’s probably still in many textbooks for mass subjects, but it’s significantly less useful than the previous social market economy of national character. Germany has already lost anyway, because in the future it will have to take a stand – Block A or Block B. Neither will work for much longer. And after 20 years of sellout, it’s questionable whether anyone will still crow for our offline country.
 

Tolentino

2021-04-28 19:41:08
  • #2
In everything that involves basic needs, I find it wrong to let the market operate unregulated. Building materials are needed for housing. I am against protective tariffs; I am rather in favor of non-tariff trade barriers. So the same environmental standards must simply apply to imported goods. But again, this is not about protection from cheaper imports (at least not from Germany’s perspective). This is about quota management of production in Germany for the domestic market before export. And yes, that has something to do with a planned economy; this is no longer a free market economy. But as I said, I do not find that inherently bad either. It depends...
 

Tolentino

2021-04-28 19:43:07
  • #3
Are there actually real examples of export tariffs?
 

WingVII

2021-04-28 19:51:03
  • #4

I see it similarly. We consume more than we need for a good life.


I don't see it so negatively for Germany. Sell-off is completely fine and even necessary. Innovation capability is the be-all and end-all.
 

WingVII

2021-04-28 19:58:34
  • #5

No, neither you nor I want that. But a true capitalist doesn't care, right? See Trump. He wasn't interested in environmental protection.


Cheap imports do not necessarily have anything to do with a lack of environmental protection. But simply because the internal market has become unproductive for other reasons. Responding with blanket protectionism is therefore wrong. That is what I meant to express.
 

chand1986

2021-04-28 20:04:34
  • #6
Because of capitalism and the market economy: The market processes information in the form of prices. There is something called “Externalities“. Simply put: It should have a price because it has a massive impact on the economy, but it has no price because it is not associated with any property rights. CO2, for example.

Is it really true that CO2 has no price, even though it causes monetary consequences? Logically, it is not. Therefore, the market has limits.
 
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