That I grant. It has been the disconnect between reasonable policy proposals and his defense to the nonsense that led to the problem that I have found so disturbing. He has become a bulwark against all that needs to be done to change the situation. The fact that he and a few others who are identified and accepted as part of the 'mainstream' propose reasonable policies is, for me, ceasing to be justification for defense of pernicious approaches in their discipline. If the other 95% of the mainstream were as reasonable in their policy recommendations we might have a much less acute crisis, but we would still remain vulnerable to such events due to the economists employing frameworks that blind them to the problems.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

Cue Bob the angry flower

A vote for PES is a vote for EPP! A vote for EPP is a vote for PES! Support the coalition, vote EPP-PES in 2009!