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Er - haven't we had the industrialised cliche glibertarian utopia for the last couple of decades?

We still have some taxes and a few social services, but it hasn't exactly been happy time for neo-Keynesians.

It's true that glibertarian utopias have a habit of imploding, but I'm not sure he's suggesting that.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Wed Jul 16th, 2008 at 02:53:11 PM EST
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ThatBritGuy:
Er - haven't we had the industrialised cliche glibertarian utopia for the last couple of decades?

Only in Somalia...

ThatBritGuy:

It's true that glibertarian utopias have a habit of imploding, but I'm not sure he's suggesting that.

I know it seems odd now, but back when he was writing, "liberal" really did mean something different, much closer to glibertarian than it does now.

by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Wed Jul 16th, 2008 at 07:57:46 PM EST
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Has Somalia industrialised while no one was looking?

Metatone:

I know it seems odd now, but back when he was writing, "liberal" really did mean something different, much closer to glibertarian than it does now.

After Reagonomics?

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Thu Jul 17th, 2008 at 07:17:03 AM EST
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wasnt it Clinton who bombed the Somalis last attempt at industialisation?

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Thu Jul 17th, 2008 at 07:21:37 AM EST
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No, the book is originally written in the 60's - it's only the new introduction that is after Reaganomics. And that may have been written by his son James Galbraith.

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 Thu Jul 17th, 2008 at 07:38:40 AM EST
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JKG wrote his book in 1964, with a last revision in 1978. However, the book has an introduction written after the introduction of Reaganomics, and it is clear that the glibartarian nonsense he attributed to "a few romantics" has been the stuff of policy for the past nearly 25 years - with known results.

It's amazing, really, because in the 1960's Galbraith was ready to pronounce neoclassical marginalist economics dead.

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 Thu Jul 17th, 2008 at 05:10:23 AM EST
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