European Breakfast - Jan. 12 | 107 comments (107 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Still thinking on the same line... (none / 0)

I believe that a decrease in Western quality of life is unavoidable in the medium term, by any measure (including, I suppose, the kiwi index).

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jan 12th, 2006 at 10:14:14 AM EST
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I'm not that pessimistic... (none / 0)

...it'll just be harder to find and be more expensive. So, an overall decrease, perhaps. I've been saying for a time now that it wouldn't be surprising that a new elite life style lies ahead in the future, those who can still afford airplane transport and an excessive life-style.

by Nomad (Bjinse) on Thu Jan 12th, 2006 at 10:35:33 AM EST
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Re: I'm not that pessimistic... (none / 1)

Cheap air fares are positively criminal. We need to wean ourselves of them ASAP.

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jan 12th, 2006 at 10:37:18 AM EST
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European Breakfast - Jan. 12 | 107 comments (107 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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