Friday, February 12, 2016

Lars P. Syll — What mainstream economists are embarrassed to admit


Economics as politics.

Lars P. Syll’s Blog
What mainstream economists are embarrassed to admit
Lars P. Syll | Professor, Malmo University

1 comment:

Random said...

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/feb/12/barack-obama-plans-eu-referendum-intervention

Looks like your two-bit lame-duck president - or his PR team - is going to make an intervention on us naughty Brits.

"The plan emerged amid fears in Washington that the UK’s EU referendum is a dangerous gamble that could unravel with disastrous consequences for the entire continent.

His “reach out” is likely to focus on the need for the EU to stick together to combat the migration crisis and the growing threat of Russian aggression in the Baltics, Ukraine and Middle East.

But there are concerns in both Washington and London that an intervention by the US president has to be handled sensitively and could backfire unless it is pitched at the right geopolitical level."

"Corker, saying America’s problems paled in comparison with the EU, openly discussed with witnesses the best way for Obama to pitch his appeal to British voters. “I know the president is planning to make a pretty big public reach-out in this regard,” he said, adding: “how do you think the people of the UK will respond to us at the highest level embracing this?”"

How about this Corker - PISS OFF!