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Haiti's neoliberal catastrophe, pre and post quake | 36 comments (36 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Haiti's neoliberal catastrophe (4.00 / 2)

I see a bleak future for Haiti. A country with a market and without a state. The dream of any neoliberal.

Ad Astra, ga

by ga on Wed Jan 20th, 2010 at 03:18:26 PM EST

Re: Haiti's neoliberal catastrophe (none / 1)

What, like Somalia? That use to be the dream of American Libertarians...

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Jan 20th, 2010 at 03:21:42 PM EST
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Re: Haiti's neoliberal catastrophe (none / 1)

Perhaps with a little twist. It seems like a good part of Haitian income comes from Haitians in the US. So this reminds me of the homelands of times past.
The landscapes that the South African Apartheid regime wanted to sell to the world as sovereign states :-)

Ad astra, ga

by ga on Wed Jan 20th, 2010 at 03:51:36 PM EST
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Re: Haiti's neoliberal catastrophe (none / 1)

Or Liberia...the very name speaks volumes....

"Any economic unit can emit money. The serious problem is to get it accepted" Hyman Minsky

by ChrisCook (cojockathotmaildotcom) on Thu Jan 21st, 2010 at 06:23:12 AM EST
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Re: Haiti's neoliberal catastrophe (none / 0)

Liberia was settled by freed slaves from the US - the capital is Monrovia after US President Monroe.

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jan 21st, 2010 at 06:44:39 AM EST
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Re: Haiti's neoliberal catastrophe (none / 0)

Similarly with Sierra Leone whose capital is called Freetown for that reason.

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jan 21st, 2010 at 06:45:40 AM EST
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Re: Haiti's neoliberal catastrophe (none / 1)

Welcome to ET, ga!

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Wed Jan 20th, 2010 at 04:06:35 PM EST
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