Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Some more from the sofa
Re: "Like it or not, Europe is paying the transaction costs of diversity"; article in The Guardian
Some more from the sofa
Re: "Like it or not, Europe is paying the transaction costs of diversity"; article in The Guardian
by T. Garton Ash.:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1782551,00.html
CitizenSofa
May 25, 2006
Oh no!
We aren't "dynamic" enough to "compete" with the growing "economies" of China and India.
Is that really all we have to say?
Ganhdi didn't question the existence of "Western Civilisation" just as a joke, you know.
China and India are following us on the road to "economic growth".
Look at our history and the destruction we in Europe have brought upon each other and on the planet. And we continue the destruction.
Is Europe really something to be that proud of?
Is our model of consumerism really something we want others to emulate?
China and India are only doing exactly what we did over the last 200 years.
Is that necessarily such a good idea?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1782551,00.html
CitizenSofa
May 25, 2006
Oh no!
We aren't "dynamic" enough to "compete" with the growing "economies" of China and India.
Is that really all we have to say?
Ganhdi didn't question the existence of "Western Civilisation" just as a joke, you know.
China and India are following us on the road to "economic growth".
Look at our history and the destruction we in Europe have brought upon each other and on the planet. And we continue the destruction.
Is Europe really something to be that proud of?
Is our model of consumerism really something we want others to emulate?
China and India are only doing exactly what we did over the last 200 years.
Is that necessarily such a good idea?
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Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Machiavelli.
All lauded here as the great products of civilisation by TGA.
What is regarded as the great product of a civilisation now?
The meaningless *kerching* of GDP and the absurdity of so-called "economic growth."
TGA doesn't say of 15th century Florence "they produced all these great artists but in the 1430s their GDP went through a very poor patch", does he?
Why not?
To answer my own question.
GDP didn't exist as a figure in the 1430s.
Not because they were backward but because they were civilised if you ask me.
They didn't have nations or economies or other such absurdities as such.......
CitizenSofa June 8, 2006 05:33 PM
"The over-rigid French economy is unlikely to create that many new jobs any time soon"
Same old simplistic neo-liberal bullshit.
Are there really that many more paid jobs in England or anywhere for that matter?
There's 40 per cent "unemployment" in Morocco, mon ami.
What do you suggest the "solution" is there?
Make the "economy" less rigid?
Conventional economics and capitalism?
The whole question of employment needs re-thinking.
Bonne chance!
But I mean really I mean just look at it:-
"The over-rigid French economy is unlikely to create that many new jobs any time soon."
The only way ANY country has ever developed or gained wealth is through PROTECTIONIST ECONOMICS.
But ignoring that I mean.... is that it?
I will come back to this.
Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Machiavelli.
All lauded here as the great products of civilisation by TGA.
What is regarded as the great product of a civilisation now?
The meaningless *kerching* of GDP and the absurdity of so-called "economic growth."
TGA doesn't say of 15th century Florence "they produced all these great artists but in the 1430s their GDP went through a very poor patch", does he?
Why not?
To answer my own question.
GDP didn't exist as a figure in the 1430s.
Not because they were backward but because they were civilised if you ask me.
They didn't have nations or economies or other such absurdities as such.......
CitizenSofa June 8, 2006 05:33 PM
"The over-rigid French economy is unlikely to create that many new jobs any time soon"
Same old simplistic neo-liberal bullshit.
Are there really that many more paid jobs in England or anywhere for that matter?
There's 40 per cent "unemployment" in Morocco, mon ami.
What do you suggest the "solution" is there?
Make the "economy" less rigid?
Conventional economics and capitalism?
The whole question of employment needs re-thinking.
Bonne chance!
But I mean really I mean just look at it:-
"The over-rigid French economy is unlikely to create that many new jobs any time soon."
The only way ANY country has ever developed or gained wealth is through PROTECTIONIST ECONOMICS.
But ignoring that I mean.... is that it?
I will come back to this.
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Also it must be emphasised because surprisingly few people realise it:
India was very rich and developed (by the standards of the world at the time)
before it was a colony.
The same applies to other parts of Asia and parts of Africa.
Also it must be emphasised because surprisingly few people realise it:
India was very rich and developed (by the standards of the world at the time)
before it was a colony.
The same applies to other parts of Asia and parts of Africa.
...............