Comments on: clarity of vision (?) http://www.natsnd.org/pages/clarity-of-vision-or-myopia word sound image Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:55:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Socolow http://www.natsnd.org/pages/clarity-of-vision-or-myopia/comment-page-1#comment-895 Socolow Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:26:29 +0000 http://www.natsnd.org/?p=645#comment-895 This is a fine theory, but it requires one to think that state-controlled economies can do better than market ones over the long term. I'm not exactly sure what economic power means, either. How exactly has the US deployed this power over the past decades? Just because the largest companies were "American", it doesn't imply any cohesive action or policy. Does owning farmland in Africa make the Gulf States more powerful, or just lessen their vulnerability? Or shift it? On the other hand, the transfer of wealth from the working class to the rich, the continuing income disparity, and the lack of a healthy financial system are serious consequences of the crisis, which affect us simply because we reside in this country, and depressions aren't fun, even if you have a job. This is a fine theory, but it requires one to think that state-controlled economies can do better than market ones over the long term.

I’m not exactly sure what economic power means, either. How exactly has the US deployed this power over the past decades? Just because the largest companies were “American”, it doesn’t imply any cohesive action or policy.

Does owning farmland in Africa make the Gulf States more powerful, or just lessen their vulnerability? Or shift it?

On the other hand, the transfer of wealth from the working class to the rich, the continuing income disparity, and the lack of a healthy financial system are serious consequences of the crisis, which affect us simply because we reside in this country, and depressions aren’t fun, even if you have a job.

]]> By: Jarrod http://www.natsnd.org/pages/clarity-of-vision-or-myopia/comment-page-1#comment-886 Jarrod Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:58:44 +0000 http://www.natsnd.org/?p=645#comment-886 I'm really curious to see how America handles the step down from the position of power now occupied. I wrote a blog post myself about the correlation between America and Rome that might be of interest. Will we step down gracefully, like the British did when they surrendered the mantle to the United States as "global hegemon", or will we go down kicking and whining? Who knows! http://octopoe.wordpress.com/2009/12/04/not-learning-poo-from-history/ I’m really curious to see how America handles the step down from the position of power now occupied. I wrote a blog post myself about the correlation between America and Rome that might be of interest.

Will we step down gracefully, like the British did when they surrendered the mantle to the United States as “global hegemon”, or will we go down kicking and whining? Who knows!

http://octopoe.wordpress.com/2009/12/04/not-learning-poo-from-history/

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