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Yet, the crashing course is begin repeated verbantim as it happened before, or even with improvements. This time it is going so smoothly, without any political opposition whatsoever. There must be a reason for that.

by das monde on Sun Jun 22nd, 2014 at 04:14:31 PM EST
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There must be a reason for that (4.00 / 2)

Yes, politics. Of which the last is:

Mankiw trolling is not the best start to the week. Jeepers! | How Inherited Wealth Helps the Economy http://t.co/zU4NhnN2QU
— Nick Green (@NickMGreen) junio 22, 2014

By ascribing austerity to the laws of physics or of human nature or whatever, you become a fellow traveller of the plutocrats, just like Greg Mankiw uses faux-microeconomics to justify hoarding and dynasties.

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 Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Jun 22nd, 2014 at 04:23:19 PM EST
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I would love to test non-austerity. But all I can do now, is to guess how much evil appears to be necessary in THEIR eyes.

By the way, did not notice particularly bad air pollution in Athens. The usual car stink in summer heat is still most prevalent.

by das monde on Sun Jun 22nd, 2014 at 04:53:07 PM EST
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Re: There must be a reason for that (4.00 / 2)

There Is No Alternative™, energy accounting edition.

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 Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Jun 23rd, 2014 at 07:12:34 AM EST
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