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A shift of the frame | 29 comments (29 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Thanks for the pointer! (1) is not just about rhetoric but seems quite important -- it doesn't bode well for my trust in the government's plans.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Wed Oct 15th, 2008 at 08:04:04 AM EST
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Re: A shift of the frame (4.00 / 3)

This older entry by weissgarnix is also a clincher: in 2005, based on a study by a think tank front of the German banking lobby, Merkel and a couple of other CDU MPs asked the Schröder government when and how it intends to remove obstacles to the creation of derivatives -- and the government answered by stating it is a priority...

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Wed Oct 15th, 2008 at 08:20:40 AM EST
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Re: A shift of the frame (none / 0)

There is a reason why I´m reading him daily by now. :)
Reading that was quite a surprise!

I don´t quite remember how I found him. I think it was on the "Die Zeit" economic blog "Herdentrieb". He comments there quite often.

by Detlef (Detlef1961_at_yahoo_dot_de) on Wed Oct 15th, 2008 at 02:58:43 PM EST
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Re: A shift of the frame (none / 1)

Yes.
When I watched the video on their website I was really surprised. Quite hard hitting. Showing both the complicity of the Schroeder and the Merkel government with the "financial interests".

by Detlef (Detlef1961_at_yahoo_dot_de) on Wed Oct 15th, 2008 at 02:54:53 PM EST
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