Chapter 23 Capitalism and Culture

Some might think capitalism is a bad thing but I feel it is about being smart.  Making money is a part of life as we know it.  Since as far as we can remember people traded things for things.  There has been a saying that "cash is king". I feel that it is still true from small to large items.  The next time you buy a car and the MSRP aka sticker price is $62,500, make the offer for $58,000 and have it all in cash. The supply and demand has power in both ways.
In today's world, we are shopping globally all the time.  The Internet has connected the world of shopping. Just 50 years before the internet, companies where trading all over the world making money.  Even though there is the slight challenge of different currencies, the tool of credit cards let everyone get a piece of the win,win of trading internationally. The countries with deep pockets like the United States, Canada, Brazil, China, Japan, Australia and Western Europe do most of the inventing in foreign inventments but that do not rule out the other countries in Africa and South America.

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