Although everyone understands the meaning of Wei Ruolan's words, the Chinese people have believed since ancient times that they can't afford it without profit. If there is no profit, who will run a business and set up a factory? Being an excellent capitalist is definitely much more tiring than a worker.
, need to deal with all aspects of problems, solve all kinds of troubles, and make decisions one after another, which are extremely time-consuming.
Without the stimulation of huge profits, no one would be full enough to suffer this. This is human nature. Everyone is absolutely unwilling to admit that this thousands-year-old habit is guilty of original sin, but Wei Ruo cannot deny it.
Lan's theory immediately fell into silence.
Wei Ruolan also knows that telling these things to him has subverted many people's perceptions, but he must also say it. If the root causes of the problems in the Western economy are not understood, China will encounter the same troubles in the future.
"Whether it is investing in industry or investing in finance, it is essentially an act of relying on funds to earn interest. Owners of capital will obtain extraordinary returns, which are expressed as profits in the production field and are called interest in the financial field. This kind of
As long as the unequal distribution model exists, there will be a surplus of products produced by society, and the shadow of crisis will follow!"
"President Wei, your statement is a bit alarmist. China has had money-making business since ancient times. Merchants in Shanxi and Shanxi made their fortunes by relying on bank accounts. There are also many handicraft factories in the southeast. After the fall of the Qing Dynasty,
Our factories are also increasing rapidly. In addition, although the economic crisis in the Western world continues, it has not caused too many problems. In the past hundred years, the Western powers have developed rapidly. There may be a crisis this time, but it may not be fatal.
, if it disappears quickly like before, wouldn't it be unnecessary to go to war so violently?" As a veteran figure, Yang Du is not too interested in these economic theories. He pays more attention to the actual situation.
Wei Ruolan also fully understands that Yang Du's ideas represent the views of a considerable number of people, and he has more or less had this understanding in the past. However, after this period of repeated thinking, Wei Ruolan has completed an ideological transformation
Sublime, see clearly.
"Mr. Xizi, what you said are all facts, but they are all worthy of scrutiny. Until now, China is still a country with an overwhelming agricultural population, which has nothing to do with industrialization. In the agricultural era, the main problem was the serious shortage of materials. Even if
It can produce some goods and can be easily digested, and there will be no crisis at all. Although European and American countries have not experienced fatal crises in recent years, there is a reason for this, and this is what I will say next.
I have already concluded that the root cause of the economic crisis is insufficient effective demand. The deeper problem is the unfair distribution of wealth created. This contradiction has appeared since the completion of industrialization, but why has it not happened in more than a hundred years?
Despite the serious crisis, it seems to us that the entire Western powers are still thriving. The secret lies in the fact that industrial countries continue to expand their markets and colonize the world.
The world's first economic crisis occurred in the United Kingdom. At that time, the United Kingdom was the only industrialized country in the world. By expanding its colonies and finding more demand for excess products, the crisis in the United Kingdom was solved. Then European and American countries entered the era of industrialization one after another.
, more surplus products were produced, so countries began to frantically compete for colonies. At this time, China's door was also opened, and a super huge market was revealed in front of the eyes of the Western powers.
In addition, a very favorable factor also appeared during this period, which was the gold rush. Crazy gold diggers appeared in the western United States, Mexico, Alaska and other places. A large amount of gold was put into the market. Although this gold cannot be eaten,
You can't drink it, but it is the most popular currency in the world, and gold has created a strong demand for it.
By plundering the Chinese market and digging for gold, the great powers finally escaped a crisis and continued to move forward. In the second half of the 19th century, the crisis came again. The world had been divided up, and there was no blank continent for everyone.
With the gold rush going on, China's wealth has been emptied one after another. It seems that the great powers have no way to solve the crisis.
But in the West, another technological revolution occurred at this juncture. With the emergence of electrical appliances, those capitalists finally found a new investment hotspot, so they took out their wealth to build power plants, produce electrical appliances, and cars.
Appearing at this time, the crisis was once again postponed.
However, this crisis was not eliminated, but followed it closely. After the effects of the technological revolution began to weaken, conflicts among various countries broke out again. At this time, Britain and Germany launched a naval arms race, which then evolved into a world war.
Relying on the unprecedented brutal war, the Western powers consumed a large amount of social wealth and also created a large amount of demand. This is also the secret of the rapid economic development of various countries after the war.
Nothing is too much, and after more than ten years of rapid development, the crisis has emerged again. Why do I think this crisis will be unprecedentedly serious? It is because many possible means of resolving the crisis have been exhausted. If we can no longer find a way
If it is resolved, a new world war may be just around the corner!"
Wei Ruolan explained the evolution of Western society in recent years with a long article, which made everyone's eyes light up. What followed was in-depth thinking, will there be some miracle that can save the economy this time?
"From Governor Wei's narrative, I summarized the Western methods to solve the crisis. The first is to open up the market; the second is to increase currency in large quantities; the third is to promote the scientific and technological revolution; the fourth is to consume in war. But these methods cannot
Calling it a solution to the problem can only delay the onset of the crisis. The model of industrial production still exists, and the root cause of the crisis also exists!"
Qiao Yu summarized Wei Ruolan's words, and everyone nodded frequently. Qiao Yu continued: "This time the crisis has appeared again. The world has been divided up. A huge market will not suddenly appear, and gold will not appear in a short time."
It is impossible to increase in large quantities. As for the technological revolution, it is not an easy task. Nowadays, the cost of inventing and creating is getting higher and higher. Not everyone can succeed. As a result, there is only one way to solve the economic crisis.
That is war, but the cruelty of the last war has shocked the world. Countries will not go to war easily, but if the crisis continues without solution, war will have no choice!"
"President you and President Wei seem to have ignored one country, and that is the Soviet Union!" Jiang Baili interjected, "The Soviet Union implemented public ownership and everything belonged to the state, so there were no capitalists, and naturally there was no profit. Is the so-called root cause of the crisis
Didn’t it just disappear?”
"What Brother Baili said is absolutely correct. The founding philosophy of the Russian majority party was derived from Capital. This book indeed revealed the roots of the Western economy. The author also predicted that the capitalist system would eventually be overthrown, but things didn't work out.
The Western world has escaped disaster time and time again with God’s help, but as the days go by, it cannot be avoided every time!”
"Chief of Staff Chiang, the Soviet Union you mentioned is indeed a critical situation. Under the completely public ownership system, the Soviet Union did not have the problem of overcapacity at all, because more things were produced, which could be divided equally among the workers. However, the private system required complicated
Currency transactions were a matter of course under public ownership. Therefore, the Soviet Union's performance in economic construction was completely different from that of European and American countries. They built one factory and wanted to build a second or even more. There was no need to worry about sales.
In a sense, the Soviet Union has successfully avoided economic crisis!"
Wei Ruolan continued to explain the problems of the Soviet Union to everyone. Qiao Yu's initial impression of the Soviet Union was very simple, just a huge red empire. Now after experiencing this history personally, Qiao Yu has a different understanding of the Soviet Union.
Understand that in this era, many well-known scholars, including Westerners, regard the Soviet Union as the hope of the future and as a representative of civilization and progress.
There are very profound reasons for this. Among them, the economic model of the Soviet Union is very amazing. It can be said that the Soviet economy is inefficient, it can be said that they have extensive growth, and it can be said that they waste resources, but it cannot be said that the Soviet Union's economic crisis is constant!
The Soviet model solved the most difficult distribution problem. Although it was rough and had loopholes, it was indeed unique. Whenever there was an economic crisis in the West, the Soviet Union bucked the trend and performed very strongly.
"Is the Soviet Union's development method perfect?" Qian Moyin asked at the side.
"Definitely not!" Prime Minister Wang Yongjiang also said: "The Soviet Union was able to implement a complete public ownership system, which was managed and maintained by a strong government, but the government could not cover everything, and there would definitely be loopholes, and this model
It will give officials too much power. Without sufficient supervision, corruption will inevitably prevail! In addition, the Soviet model was established after completely denying the previous society and completely smashing it. The losses are also incalculable. It is not a society.
Everyone can bear this kind of loss!"
When Qiao Yu saw that everyone had almost understood the situation in the West, he added: "The Soviet model is not advisable, but it can provide us with an idea to solve the crisis. That is, if the effective demand is insufficient, it can be created through the government."
Come out, this may be the way to resolve this crisis, but this is something that touches the foundation of the Western world and will not be used unless it is absolutely necessary, which means that this crisis will definitely evolve to an alarming degree. China is currently far from
After completing industrialization, we will not be able to enjoy the benefits of the economic crisis. At best, we will only be affected to some extent. The purpose of letting everyone know this is to let us know ourselves and our enemies first. When the crisis in the West occurs, it will be a good time for us to buy lows. I believe that China’s industry will soon be
There will be a God-given opportunity for great development!”
"President, since you have concluded that the economic crisis cannot be completely resolved, won't China also have to face this situation in the future? Will it also be a dead end at that time!" Yu Peilun, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke. This is indeed the case.
A very awkward question. China has clearly seen that the economic crisis is a big pit, and it still has to jump into it without hesitation.
Although Qiao Yu has more than a hundred years of experience, he still can't find a solution to this problem. Later generations are also facing an unprecedented crisis, and it seems that all feasible ways in the past have disappeared. "I believe in the wisdom of future generations, they will find it."