tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post7969474362844129412..comments2024-03-28T07:50:06.102-04:00Comments on Mike Norman Economics: Bill Mitchell — Syriza must stay left of the line – more is at stake than Greecemike normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03296006882513340747noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-7917610133525743042015-03-24T12:32:49.652-04:002015-03-24T12:32:49.652-04:00@Matt, agree, and that's one reason I admire H...@Matt, agree, and that's one reason I admire Huey Long -- he was a pragmatic realist who knew how to get stuff done. Dan Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11189866002273597534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-64866750900645365782015-03-24T12:27:21.145-04:002015-03-24T12:27:21.145-04:00Progressives need to find old Theodore Roosevelt&#...Progressives need to find old Theodore Roosevelt's 'big stick' Mike....<br /><br />rsp,Matt Frankohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978352335097260145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-66189006483063382152015-03-24T12:04:52.498-04:002015-03-24T12:04:52.498-04:00Agree with Bill. To his history of how the welfar...Agree with Bill. To his history of how the welfare state was discredited, I would only add that the collapse of communist countries played a big role, too, allowing the right to claim "there is no alternative."<br /><br />It's debatable whether the collapse of the USSR was due to economics, or to other factors. Governments and empires collapse for a variety of reasons. <br /><br />If the Kiev junta eventually collapses, will we say "see, that proves that capitalism doesn't work?" No, we'll just assume that the Kiev government was corrupt and incompetent. Why don't we make the same assumption about the Soviet bloc governments?<br /><br /><i>This is part of another strand of the demise of the left in Europe which our book will explore – the obsession by the educated left in Europe with the concept of ‘a grand Europe’ as an expression of modernity and sophistication.</i><br /><br />Agree. There is a Rodney King style wishful thinking that "can't we all just get along?"<br /><br />The reality is that different nations have different interests. That economic competition among nations is a form of warfare. <br /><br />Dan Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11189866002273597534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-71669398326138304542015-03-24T11:44:42.369-04:002015-03-24T11:44:42.369-04:00I don't understand all these MMT people sudden...I don't understand all these MMT people suddenly wondering, scratching their heads, admonishing, Syriza, as to how they have to "stay left" when it was plainly obvious from the minute Tsipras back-tracked, even before the election, that exiting the euro was not an option. Then with the selection of Varoufakis, who has been repeating this very same thing and the party's unachievable and fantasy goals. The quest for German war reparations. It's total folly. I though Bill Mitchell was smarter than that. <br /><br />I said it <a href="http://mikenormaneconomics.blogspot.com/2015/02/just-as-i-predicted-greek-government-is.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> and I said it <a href="http://mikenormaneconomics.blogspot.com/2015/01/new-greek-finance-minister-said-greece.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> and probably a lot more places, but I just don't have time to go look it up.<br /><br />These Progressives--everywhere--have zero BALLS. ZERO. mike normanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03296006882513340747noreply@blogger.com