Thursday, April 1, 2010

Free Market Capitalism vs. Socialism: a simple Analogy

As explained in a free market, Capitalism vs. Socialism Analogy by an economics professor at Texas Tech, Steve Latter.
An economics professor at Texas Tech said he had never failed a single student before but had, once, failed an entire class. That class had insisted that socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer. The professor then said ok, we will have an experiment in this class on socialism.
All grades would be averaged and everyone would receive the same grade so no one would fail and no one would receive an A. After the first test the grades were averaged and everyone got a B. The students who studiedhard were upset and the students who studied little were happy. But, as the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too; so they studied little. The second test average was a D! No one was happy. When the 3rd test rolled around the average was an F.
The scores never increased as bickering, blame, and name calling all resulted in hard feelings as no one would study any longer for the benefit of anyone else. All failed, to their great surprise, and the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because under capitalism when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great; but when the government levels the playing field and takes more of reward away; no one will try or want to succeed as much as before.
Could not be any simpler than that….
Free Market Capitalism vs. Socialism: A Simple Analogy

Signing off
My prayers to you all

Just a concerned citizen who calls himself Cibercorrespondent

1 comment:

tlw said...

yeah, the cubins thought that they would all be equal in the middle, and well they found out that they really were all equal. equally poor.