tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post3622281362207314112..comments2024-03-28T04:13:36.779-04:00Comments on Mike Norman Economics: Michael Hudson on the showdown between neoliberal rentiers and the people of Icelandmike normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03296006882513340747noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-54092788143629310062011-04-11T02:22:27.591-04:002011-04-11T02:22:27.591-04:00No, googleheim is right. The Greens, an originall...No, googleheim is right. The Greens, an originally environmental party as elsewhere, are part of the ruling coalition, that wants to sell the country into debt-peonage. Like the Australian Greens that Bill Mitchell complains about, they are economic illiterates. Iceland is lucky with a president that can and did veto twice the parliament's surrender, and a constitution that has therefore put it to the people twice. My bitter nature forecasts that life insurance on Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson might be a good investment, though.Calgacushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06031818010224747000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-30994824451346068192011-04-10T22:06:26.792-04:002011-04-10T22:06:26.792-04:00opposite.opposite.Tom Hickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08454222098667643650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-76039625225600680202011-04-10T20:22:53.967-04:002011-04-10T20:22:53.967-04:00the greens want to pay back the debt that the icel...the greens want to pay back the debt that the icelanders were tricked into ?googleheimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14459089745473598235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-61992986256846662862011-04-10T15:28:14.634-04:002011-04-10T15:28:14.634-04:00Not following Icelandic politics closely, Matt. Se...Not following Icelandic politics closely, Matt. Seems to me that the green kerfuffle is over whether green programs should be public or private. With the Social Democrats and Green-Left in power, that is decided for the present I would say, but I don't know where the public overall stand on this.<br /><br />This question put to vote was over whether to stick to the banks or the people and the people said to stick it to the banks. Now, I understand the foreign banks are going to sue Iceland, so it is not over yet.Tom Hickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08454222098667643650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-17241474236133140522011-04-10T14:44:43.311-04:002011-04-10T14:44:43.311-04:00Tom,
Do you think the "Green" part of t...Tom,<br /><br />Do you think the "Green" part of the neoliberal supporting coalition is the radical environmental "Green" party type of people up there in Iceland?Matt Frankohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978352335097260145noreply@blogger.com