Five cities account for vast majority of growth in U.S. tech jobs: study

Re:Five cities account for vast majority of growth in U.S. t... by cies on Monday December 09, 2019 @01:23PM (#21744968)

Or decentivice (is that a word?) places that have had enough growth for now (is that even possible under capitalism?). This could be federally arranged. Sure freedom, but the govt also has an allocation function, and some of these towns are said to suffer under the load of the new jobs.

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Re:Five cities account for vast majority of growth in U.S. t... by VintageLight on Monday December 09, 2019 @05:52PM (#21747547)

I think you meant "disincentivize". I agree that there should be strong incentives to spread prosperity to smaller towns. Japan has an interesting tax program that boosts the small towns in the country: https://www.kalzumeus.com/2018/10/19/japanese-hometown-tax/

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Re:Five cities account for vast majority of growth in U.S. t... by humanrebar on Monday December 09, 2019 @06:10PM (#21747685)

> ...is that even possible under capitalism?

I don't get why people throw around the word "capitalism" like that. The U.S. legal system isn't organized around "capitalism" in any real way.

The U.S. historically was a liberal republic, though lately the republicanism had given way to a stronger administrative state on all levels.

And it's that that really influences how things are influenced with respect to urban development: regulators, HUD, local zoning boards, transportation planning, transportation energy regulations, etc. Not much of that screams "private control of the means of production" or even "free market".

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Re:Five cities account for vast majority of growth in U.S. t... by cies on Friday December 13, 2019 @09:01AM (#21781540)

Capitalism is, in my opinion, any system that allows for capitalists to keep their capital.

Free market has, in my opinion, very little to do with capitalism; contrary to popular belief.

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