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Greece 2

Well so much for that. Where do I begin? The so-called deal announced yesterday achieves none of its objectives. The written objectives that is. The unwritten ones we will get to in a moment. There is no doubt in my mind that the Greek economy suffers from a surfeit of inefficiencies. It cannot sustain the […]

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Greece

So we reach the end. Good. Let democracy and popular government prevail. The entire Euro project was conceived by a small group of elitist technocrats, then foisted on national peoples often without any ability on the part of the people to veto it. The crisis in Europe is an echo of the crisis here in the US. […]

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Hayek v Keynes

I am giving a talk soon about the famous, and widely discussed, ‘debate’ between Hayek and Keynes back in the 1930’s. It is much travelled ground so novelty is not my aim. Just some clarity. These are [incomplete] notes to myself to help along the way. Let’s begin with what I call the ‘Robbins Paradox’: “That […]

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