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plutonomy n. An economy that is driven by or that disproportionately benefits wealthy people, or one where the creation of wealth is the principal goal.

The plutonomy model : that's a good one.

When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Mon Apr 21st, 2008 at 02:09:22 AM EST
That's a very good one - in fact it's perfect.
by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Mon Apr 21st, 2008 at 06:28:44 AM EST
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I do not know anything about economics. Do these estimates correspond to a plutonomy?:

Bananas = (F+P), F = fruit, P = peel.
Bunching banana = 100(F+P)
n = total number of people

10n/100 ---eat 99F ---- 9.9F per person
40n/100 ---eat 1F  ---- 1/40 = 0.025F per person
50n/100 ---eat 100P --- 10/5 = 2P per person

I wonder to myself:

a) If the 40n/100 not eat 1F, Is there would be less plutonomy?
b)Is not 2P more than 0.025F?
c) Does plutonomy is no better than the economy with charity?

When Procrustes looks after you, you're sure to fit in.

by PerCLupi on Mon Apr 21st, 2008 at 03:30:52 PM EST
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