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Lebron James, Lionel Messi, And Superstar Salaries

In: Capitalism in the 21st Century Why Global Capitalism Is Broken and How It Can Be Fixed

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  • Donghyun Park

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In Europe as in America, capitalism is the engine of economic progress. The biggest virtue of capitalism is that it is a fundamentally fair system. As noted earlier, under capitalism, how well one does depends on one’s own ability and effort. Your income is determined by your contribution to the economy. In other words, under capitalism, you get what you deserve. What can be fairer than that? This does not contradict my earlier statement that capitalism is an inherently unequal and unfair system. The two definitions of fairness are completely different, and do not contradict each other at all. If we define fairness to mean that everybody should earn the same, regardless of their ability and effort, then capitalism is unfair, for sure. On the other hand, if we define fairness to mean that how much we earn should depend on how much we contribute, then capitalism is as fair as it gets…

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  • Donghyun Park, 2019. "Lebron James, Lionel Messi, And Superstar Salaries," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Capitalism in the 21st Century Why Global Capitalism Is Broken and How It Can Be Fixed, chapter 9, pages 43-45, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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    Keywords

    Capitalism; Globalization; Inequality; Entrepreneur; Financial Industry; Government; Socialism; Market;
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    JEL classification:

    • F6 - International Economics - - Economic Impacts of Globalization
    • P16 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Institutions; Welfare State
    • N2 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions
    • A1 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics
    • F00 - International Economics - - General - - - General

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