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Book review: [https://archive.ph/bWRKJ#selection-835.0-835.116 “Fairness and Freedom: A History of Two Open Societies, New Zealand and the United States,” by David Hackett Fischer], archive
Book review: [https://archive.ph/bWRKJ#selection-835.0-835.116 “Fairness and Freedom: A History of Two Open Societies, New Zealand and the United States,” by David Hackett Fischer], archive
== Which is more self-correcting: The US/West or China/Russia and other autocracies? ==
1. USA/West have republic/democracy and populaces often resist fiscal responsibility and engage in excess spending and having aging populations and increasing populism/nativism (Talented immigrants and/or immigrants with proven work ethic are less likely to have legal immigration). Democracies less apt to initiate expensive wars, but once wars are started rulers often don't want to lose face to the public by withdrawing from wars they are losing. Western liberals/Western want to spend more, but increasing can't do so due to financial restrictions jhave less appeal to public via "goodies".
However, USA/Europe payed off WWII debt.
2. Autocracies: Top down leadership is less self-correcting and less apt to be responsive/dynamic in relation populace. If imperialistic, more apt to start wars.
3. Autocracies have less economic growth. However, populism in West have less economic growth
4. Be a better democracy: The US needs a lot of self-correction but this is what it is finding so difficult to do.[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-edit-page/be-a-better-democracy-the-us-needs-a-lot-of-self-correction-but-this-is-what-it-is-finding-so-difficult-to-do/]
Data/arguments so far:
*[https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2014/05/samantha-power-kennedy-school-commencement-address Democracy Is Self-Correcting]
USA tradition of self-correction and dynamism:
== Weber's Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism ==
== Weber's Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism ==