Irish pushback strategy - we get mail | 305 comments (305 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

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Meistererzählung, but I don't want to fuel your xenophobia

We're beginning to tread into "that was uncalled-for" innuendo territory here.

Keynesianism is intellectually hard, as evidenced by the inability of many trained economists to get it - Paul Krugman

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Feb 5th, 2011 at 06:33:22 AM EST
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Ok, that was to far. Xenophobia goes much to far. But you could tell him to cut it back on the godwin violations.
(Cowen ist not Hitler and Fianna Fail is not the NSDAP)

Still, the analysis - foreigners forced the Irish to do this and that is nationalistic. The idea that all debt I don't like is owned by foreigners anyway is simplistic and a dangerous illusion. The proposed solution is much to oriented on the nation state.

We shouldn't infantilize Ireland and especially the Irish elites. They are responsible and this shouldn't be hidden behind a cloud of anti-EU rhetoric.

by IM on Sat Feb 5th, 2011 at 07:14:27 AM EST
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Nobody is infantilizing Ireland, and Cowen was not a nazi but an incompetent fuckwit ideologue. See what Klaus Regling and Patrick Honohan had to say about the Irish bank fiasco.

Keynesianism is intellectually hard, as evidenced by the inability of many trained economists to get it - Paul Krugman

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Feb 5th, 2011 at 08:20:09 AM EST
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Re: Irish pushback strategy - we get mail (none / 0)

Yes? I still remember this facts. The Irish crisis was made in Ireland. You all seem intent to forget that.

by IM on Sat Feb 5th, 2011 at 08:37:39 AM EST
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Re: Irish pushback strategy - we get mail (4.00 / 4)

Well - apart from the parts that weren't, you're quite correct.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Sat Feb 5th, 2011 at 08:41:31 AM EST
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Even if, so what? If i see a thief robbing a man, i don't care, because he is not robbing me? It is naive to think that Ireland is some kind of a basket case. Only 2 yrs ago politicians all over wanted to be like irish themselves. Politicians are neoliberal puppets everywhere and in every party.

by kjr63 on Sat Feb 5th, 2011 at 12:47:28 PM EST
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Irish pushback strategy - we get mail | 305 comments (305 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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