By Pablo Peralta Miranda, Vision 360: The Republic: “In El Alto, they know nothing about Adam Smith, but they are the biggest capitalists in Bolivia” An administrator points out that cholets are an investment that pays off. A merchant claims that the buildings drive the economy. One of the images accompanying the report. Photo: La…
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Capitalism: A Deeply Just System | Capitalismo: Un Sistema Profundamente Justo
By Antonio Saravia, Brujula Digital: What could be more just than being able to enjoy the fruits of our own labor? What could be more just than the right to earn a living freely according to our own abilities and talents? What could be more just than the assurance that our private property is protected…
A Bolivia of owners, not proletarians | Una Bolivia de propietarios, no proletarios
Jaime Dunn, El Deber: Popular Capitalism: A call for a Bolivia of owners, not proletarians There is a powerful bond that unites us as Bolivians, a common interest that arises spontaneously, without coordination or obligation. It is as if an invisible force organized us and prompted us to act individually and collectively. This common interest…
History 101: how silver turned Potosí into ‘the first city of capitalism’
A great article regarding Potosi, by The Guardian: Story of cities #6: how silver turned Potosí into ‘the first city of capitalism’ The discovery of a mountain of silver (and a new way to extract it) transformed this remote Incan hamlet into the economic centre of Spain’s empire – larger than London, Milan or Seville….
Wild capitalism consolidates in Bolivia…?!
Luis Antezana writes in El Diario: The wild capitalism is consolidated in Bolivia While Bolivian analysts engage in empirical speculation about abstract concepts, the country’s economy advances in irrepressible form by way of capitalist development, although most is wild capitalism than a capitalism with maturity and reduces the sacrifice of laborers and workers in general….
Are Bolivian families loosing touch with reality and means to be better-off?
This article is not directly related to Bolivian issues, however it gives great opportunity to review our beliefs, our actions… to overcome poverty. The Pope’s “War on Capitalism” and Why Rich Kids Stay Rich by Kaisa Snellman “How can it be that it is not a news item when an elderly homeless person dies of…
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