If you do not know, capitalism is a economic and political system. Its when a countries trade industry is controlled by Private owners. These private owners have control over the use of their property, the prices for the products they produce and demand certain expectations on their products.

In my research on Capitalism I was able to create a pros and cons list.

Pros

  • Provides fewer change in the economy
  • People can accumulate wealth
  • Individuals efforts are valued
  • Encourages competition
  • Bigger variety of products
  • Better quality products

Cons

  • Bad for low-skilled workers
  • May increase wealth gap
  • Higher rent/property pricings
  • increase social tension
  • Excessive focus on consumption
  • may contribute to environmental problems

Capitalism is strongly dependent on consumption, if no one will buy the products then these private owners will be forced to shut down productions. It strongly supports those who are wealthy, it helps those who can invest in business gain more wealth, however can cause struggles for the less-fortunate.

My Thoughts

If capitalism is still around in the future as a large system, I believe it’ll be problematic. Private owners will continue to push prices up as they please. And to provide reasoning they will blame it on the products quality. If two company’s produce similar products but one has better quality it will increase its costs. This seems fair, however over time I believe this will cause everything to be over priced. Another issue I see could occur when dealing with Private owners is that they can turn greedy and controlling, this could lead to price increases as well. This could also lead to the products only being allowed to a certain audience.

Whether capitalism will grow or die out, I do believe our economic lifestyles are changing. Now-a-days there are more small businesses being created, as this occurs this could potentially grow capitalism (if they choose to work privately) or kill it. I’m not quite sure if the world would be better or worse without capitalism as I see valid reasons on both the pros and cons however I don’t think it really matters either as there will always be economical and political issues around.

references

Andreas.(n.d) 29 interesting pros and cons of capitalism. Environmental Conscience. 29 Interesting Pros & Cons Of Capitalism – E&C (environmental-conscience.com)