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The New Capitalists: A Proposal to Free Economic Growth from the Slavery of Savings

This book delves into innovative approaches to economic development, challenging the conventional wisdom surrounding the role of savings in fostering growth. It examines how alternative methods can unlock the potential for economic advancement without relying on traditional saving practices. more

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Louis O. Kelso
Louis O. Kelso

Louis O. Kelso was an American economist born on April 12, 1913. He is renowned for his extensive research in the fields of capital and distribution theories. Kelso proposed the concepts of 'shared economy' and 'profit sharing,' which have had a profound impact on subsequent economic theories and practices. more

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“I see, therefore, the rentier aspect of capitalism as a transitional phase which will disappear when it has done its work. And with the disappearance of its rentier aspect much else in it besides will suffer a sea-change. It will be, moreover, a great advantage of the order of events which I am advocating, that the euthanasia of the rentier, of the functionless investor, will be nothing sudden, merely a gradual but prolonged continuance of what we have seen recently in Great Britain, and will need no revolution.”

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“It is not the ownership of the instruments of production which it is important for the State to assume. If the State is able to determine the aggregate amount of resources devoted to augmenting the instruments and the basic rate of reward to those who own them, it will have accomplished all that is necessary. Moreover, the necessary measures of socialization can be introduced gradually and without a break in the general traditions of society.”

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“When incentive to acquire and obtain property is gone, people no longer make efforts to acquire any... Those who infringe upon property rights commit an injustice... If this occurs repeatedly, all incentives to cultural enterprise are destroyed and they cease utterly to make an effort. This leads to destruction and ruin of civilization.”

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