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I'm a bit puzzled by your inclusion of Denmark on the list of (Anglo) Diseased countries. Netherlands, I know too little of to pass comment on. Airstrip One, I understand. Ireland too, I guess, on the principle that it's fairly deep in the British sphere of interest. Iceland is understandable, if a shade uncharitable - I don't think the rot is incurably deep there, but I guess we'll have to see how they move in the current crisis. Italy is a basket case that I frankly have trouble seeing what is doing in the Union in the first place.

But what precisely is the problem with Denmark?

- Jake

If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Fri Feb 6th, 2009 at 12:06:27 PM EST
But what precisely is the problem with Denmark?

Denmark != France => Denmark << France

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 6th, 2009 at 12:08:42 PM EST
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I think that's shortcharging redstar. Perhaps not by as much as I could wish, but still...

- Jake

If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Fri Feb 6th, 2009 at 02:11:23 PM EST
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Call it polemic.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 6th, 2009 at 02:13:15 PM EST
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Neo-liberal governments for as long as the Americans and Brits (punctuated briefly by a 3rd way Social Democrat) including Anglo-American tax and banking "reforms"; Atlanticist to a fault; Axis of the "willing"; refusal to fully integrate, like the Brits, economically into Europe.


Fai de bèn a Bertrand, te lou rendra en cagant
by redstar on Fri Feb 6th, 2009 at 02:29:17 PM EST
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But on the other hand, a functioning welfare state, universal access to education and labour unions that are actually worth a damn.

Which, last time I checked, is more than most of your leaner, meaner Europe can boast of.

And the reason that we have traditionally refused to integrate economically is precisely the same reason that you laud when the French do it: That the Union was a bad deal for the workers. It's only under Fogh that the European Union has turned from being an institution that undermined our welfare state to an institution that supported it - and that's only because of the depths of depravity that the Fogh government has sunk to, mind you.

Guilty as charged on the Atlanticism and collaboration, though.

- Jake

If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Fri Feb 6th, 2009 at 03:05:29 PM EST
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