The Undiagnosed “Cancer” that Has Killed Capitalism

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The Undiagnosed “Cancer” that Has Killed Capitalism

by Doug Page / November 22nd, 2008 (5)
In the 1920s, Henry Ford perceived a fundamental flaw in capitalism and when he suddenly started paying his auto workers the then extremely generous sum of $5 per day. A unilateral raise of this magnitude was shocking at that time. Ford did this so that his employees would have enough money to buy his Fords. Ford had recognized a fundamental fatal defect of capitalism:

Capitalist Employers throughout the capitalist market can not pay their employees enough so that employees are able to purchase all of the products that capitalism can produce and still make a profit. …

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