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

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I thought we catalogued it fairly comprehensively. The death of solidarity, at every level, the triumph of national/personal interest.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Thu Mar 13th, 2014 at 05:45:24 AM EST
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Yes, but the institutional booby traps were laid down by idealists in 1992.

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 06:14:49 AM EST
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If there had been idealists running it now we might have found different escapes from the traps.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Thu Mar 13th, 2014 at 06:15:53 AM EST
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Remember Straight Talk from Juncker (February 12th, 2010)

He was the last surviving signatory of the Maastricht Treaty, and the last member of the European Council who was genuinely in favour of the "community method". And yet...

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 06:18:10 AM EST
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Ukranian Standoff: What's Next? | 127 comments (127 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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