Inequality in most Northern European countries is not a major issue, but in the United States it a growing one of concern that needs to be addressed if we as Americans wish to have a growing economy and a humane society.
Anyone who has taken an economics course whether in high school or university has read or Cliffe noted Adam Smith’s landmark book The Wealth of Nations. Smith logically maintains that self-interest is the motivator for the “invisible hand” that guides our economic system. A truck driver does not rise on a cold 4 o’clock in the morning and drive goods to the market place for love or humanitarian seasons, but for personal gain. (In Smith’s day it would have been a horse and cart that was driven) For this inconvenience the driver is paid, and usually in the past paid well for his efforts. Similar routine…
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