>>11172646>how about letting markets work that out just like they made the machine ur reading this on affordableThe open market is great but it has its limitations. Why not have checks and balances that are proven to lead to a flourishing society while letting the market do it's thing?
>>centrally planned>price cntrols venezuelaOkay? Central planning can be disastrous and you can cite far worse examples than this. We need to be careful in our policies. But this doesn't mean that central planning is always bad, only that it can be.
>>countries that have the highest levels of subjective well-being>also the countries wioth the highest cost of living, You're correct. So? With central planning even the poor can live comfortably.
>highest sucicide ratesThis is simply incorrect. Here are the rankings in suicide per 100k.
Denmark: 89
Finland: 32
Iceland: 40
Norway: 74
Sweden: 51
That averages to 57.2. Now where is the United States? 34. Did you get that? The US is 34th worst in the world when it comes to suicide.
>and LOWEST rate of entrepreneurship..Google Nordic countries entrepreneurship. Their reputation is excellent in this regard. If you don't believe me watch this TED talk and pay attention to what he says about Nordic countries:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9UmdY0E8hU >standard of living is literally what the socialist UN standard of living beuru judges itThe UN use the Cantril ladder. Listen to how scary and socialist it is.
"Nationally representative samples of respondents are asked to think of a ladder, with the best possible life for them being a 10, and the worst possible life being a 0. They are then asked to rate their own current lives on that 0 to 10 scale. The report correlates the results with various life factors.
In the reports, experts in fields including economics, psychology, survey analysis, and national statistics, describe how measurements of well-being can be used effectively to assess the progress of nations, and other topics."
