Ukranian Standoff: What's Next? | 127 comments (127 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Ukranian Standoff: What's Next? (4.00 / 2)

So many parameters changed while blinkered elites went on labouring under the mantra pool economic interests and the politics, law, culture will end up by following.

Finally they pooled incompatible economic interests.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Thu Mar 13th, 2014 at 02:53:37 AM EST
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Re: Ukranian Standoff: What's Next? (none / 0)

I'm not sure that "incompatible economic interests" is exactly true. Incompatible economic aims, whether or not they're in anyone's (except for a few bankers) interest.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Thu Mar 13th, 2014 at 06:15:23 AM EST
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Re: Ukranian Standoff: What's Next? (4.00 / 3)

Economic superstitions incompatible with reality, actually.

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Mar 13th, 2014 at 06:15:57 AM EST
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Sure, but nothing stopping you having aims incompatible with reality.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Thu Mar 13th, 2014 at 06:28:09 AM EST
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That's certainly part of the problem, but I fear that the original mantra considered that even that would eventually come out in the wash.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Thu Mar 13th, 2014 at 06:46:52 AM EST
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Re: Ukranian Standoff: What's Next? (none / 0)

Colman: