Proposing the Best Solution to Inequality

Mark Skousen

Named one of the "Top 20 Living Economists," Dr. Skousen is a professional economist, investment expert, university professor, and author of more than 25 books.

“A dangerous and growing inequality, the lack of upward mobility, is the defining challenge of our time.”

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— President Barack Obama (2013)

Socialism has once again reared its ugly head in American politics. The cause? The belief among many Americans that only the rich are benefiting from the Obama-Trump booming economy. That is, while the rich are getting richer, the poor are only getting paid the minimum wage.

The call for free education, Medicare for all, progressive taxation and a $15 minimum wage by Senator Bernie Sanders and Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has appealed to millions of Americans who have felt that they are being left behind.

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Last week I spoke on this issue before a group of high school students at the Reagan Ranch Center in Santa Barbara, hosted by the Young America’s Foundation.

During my speech, I asked the question, “Can we restore the American Dream for all without resorting to socialism?”

I think we can. How do you get rid of a bad idea like democratic socialism?

With a better idea — democratic capitalism!

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Ford’s Famous $5 a Day Story

I told the students about Henry Ford’s $5 a day story. In 1914, Henry Ford’s car company made record profits of $30 million. He made front-page news by announcing his plan to more than double the minimum wage of Ford employees to $5 a day.

Almost overnight, his bold move destroyed the two biggest complaints socialists made about capitalism — that capitalists never shared their profits and that workers couldn’t afford the products they were making. With $5 a day, the workers now could!

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Now that’s what I call “democratic capitalism.”

Employees Who Became Millionaires

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Today there are more examples. Microsoft, the software giant headquartered in Seattle, has created over 30,000 millionaires from its own labor force. How? Bill Gates decided to give common workers stock options in his company. As a result, secretaries could become millionaires.

Ken Langone, the co-founder of Home Depot, proudly announced in his book, “I Love Capitalism,” that the company has produced over 3,000 millionaires from among his employees.

McDonald’s has over 25,000 franchise owners around the world, most of whom are multi-millionaires.

Even though Google is a fairly young tech company, over 1,000 of its workers have already become millionaires.

Conscious Capitalism to the Rescue

This kind of super compensation is what John Mackey calls “Conscious Capitalism” — where forward-thinking corporations engage in profit sharing.

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If more companies adopt various forms of “democratic capitalism,” the popularity of socialism will wane and might even disappear.

Good investing, AEIOU,

Mark Skousen

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