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No, Keynesian consumerist policies have nothing to do with capitalism. They have to do with government policies designed to circumvent capitalism and the naturally occurring, decentralized market forces that prevent overproduction and overconsumption. Capitalism is about firms and consumers competing with one another for access to resources. The New Deal and Keynesian economics were about stopping the "destructive" competition that keeps consumerism in check. Once the competition -- which is a capitalist phenomenon -- was stopped, corporations were allowed to collude, keep prices high, create barriers so small business could no longer enter certain industries. And of course inflating the money supply is a government act that has nothing to do with capitalism, a system that prefers sound money pegged to a limited resource. A free market system doesn't produce consumerism and unsustainable processes. A corporatist, Keynesian, governmental system produces consumerism and unsustainable processes.

If the goal as you write it is very good, but only the model of the policy that should be reviewed ... it's just an idea from me

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