tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842479373699548813.post2143464003391104781..comments2024-03-11T20:09:36.515+00:00Comments on Levantine Musings: "They've Succeeded In The Impossible. They've Made Jersey City, New Jersey Look Better Than Greece!"David Edgerlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17084229580014552247noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842479373699548813.post-87688501021910016882015-06-29T17:26:38.573+01:002015-06-29T17:26:38.573+01:00Looks like developments are regretfully following ...Looks like developments are regretfully following the path you outlined David. 😕Katherine Sokoloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06754922740068023533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842479373699548813.post-59841207657199912202015-06-21T17:38:38.798+01:002015-06-21T17:38:38.798+01:00This is something I wasn't aware of and it cer...This is something I wasn't aware of and it certainly sounds reasonable. Does Syriza position such actions as 'anti-sovereign' or something? Isn't Varoufakis a trained economist?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01309933374887910614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842479373699548813.post-60431542053323754412015-06-21T17:30:42.767+01:002015-06-21T17:30:42.767+01:00There are many reforms like privatization that don...There are many reforms like privatization that don't cost anything and could yield substantial revenues for Greece. If they don't want to sell anything they can arrange long term leases for the assets. Why do so many valuable assets in Greece lie idle or are underutilized?David Edgerlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17084229580014552247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842479373699548813.post-87831874377279680682015-06-21T16:40:06.109+01:002015-06-21T16:40:06.109+01:00Mr. Edgerly,
I am so confused, as I suspect many o...Mr. Edgerly,<br />I am so confused, as I suspect many outside Greece and Europe are as we watch this unending drama and its attendant analysis go on year after year. While I think it's been established that Greece alone is not responsible for this mess - the system/structure supported if not encouraged what has happened -- still the current government is criticized for its stance that it cannot make further austerity moves. What kind of further austerity would do anything but fully cripple the already crippled Greek economy through VAT and pension cuts - sounds awful. What kind of further reforms could they possibly enact at this point that would turn things around? They don't seem to me to be paragons of integrity (what politicians are these days?) but surely their predecessors pushed the situation to this terrible point. <br />To me there seems to be a global fatigue with the systems that have brought us to this point. Complex financial systems, greed, narcisstic self-interest that is leading to global ecological disaster, humanitarian disaster, in-fighting. When you step back, why wouldn't people feel like something new and different might as well be tested? Is the gloom and doom prognosis of trying the Syriza way really any gloomier or riskier than the status quo?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01309933374887910614noreply@blogger.com