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I'm pretty clear about what it is about, what the term is describing.

It's the label I find problematic.  

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Tue Jul 15th, 2008 at 05:17:56 PM EST
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It's the label I find problematic.

Well, yes, but "WASP Disease" didn't have the same ring to it.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Tue Jul 15th, 2008 at 07:38:45 PM EST
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We've had this debate before... it's like when people said there was no such thing as the "anglo-saxon press".

If Jerome didn't want to get his writing noticed he'd use a neutral academic term such as financialisation - but as Nanne points out, it's more a case of stressing that financialisation has primarily weakened the UK and the US.

You could also call it the Ronnie and Maggie disease.

Hey, here's a diary title: "Fannie and Freddie, children of Ronnie and Maggie".

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Jul 16th, 2008 at 04:32:19 AM EST
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