Re: Wal-Mart
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To make more money, the capitalist must make his labor more productive. He does this either by investing in training or investing in capital equipment, tools and machinery.
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C'mon, Borodog, is this the only way that capitalists make more profits? Can't they still make substantial profits doing neither?
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John, IMHO, yes they can, but once we go down this road of discussion we must get into an ideological discussion about capitalism itself.
If we apply what I would call "linear logic" to the fundamental principles of capitalism, the quest to increase profit (in any/all ways) is paramount and never ending.
Pure capitalism, in and by itself, has no soul or conscience.
There is no cosmic arbiter sitting in the wings saying... "too much is too much".
These are ethical questions, and ethics vary widely depending upon who your talking to........
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