tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-643247485418610029.post8617440259599107990..comments2024-03-28T07:05:25.308-07:00Comments on Hox Scanlations: Some Thoughts about Adults in the RoomUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-643247485418610029.post-5827911961740197052019-03-18T10:55:45.002-07:002019-03-18T10:55:45.002-07:00To be honest, Varoufakis shoot the Greek economy w...To be honest, Varoufakis shoot the Greek economy while it was on its knees.<br />While he was in the postion of Minster of Economy, he managed to loose billions due to delays and even tried to create a parallel economic database and currency.<br />When the last got leaked no one trusted Greek economy any more, and then, capital controls came into place but not before many many politicians (Varoufakis included) from every color of the spectrum managed to transfer large sums in foreign banks.<br />In sort Varoufakis goes from failure to failure, but he is too "hip" to acknowledge it.<br />saulothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05397831042959550144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-643247485418610029.post-67180040386495561342018-07-14T09:36:20.845-07:002018-07-14T09:36:20.845-07:00Wow, I know how well read you are, but for some re...Wow, I know how well read you are, but for some reason I never expected this book to turn up in one of your 'thoughts' posts. I fear Greece's problems will serve as something of a blueprint to wider western civilisation economic collapse. And I don't think Greece is anywhere near the nadir of its death spiral yet...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12429192536135899705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-643247485418610029.post-64987924785463765752018-05-19T07:47:24.869-07:002018-05-19T07:47:24.869-07:00Hi Hox.
This is completely off-topic, but could yo...Hi Hox.<br />This is completely off-topic, but could you recommend me some online English-language Asian newspapers that could give different viewpoints than American or European ones on current topics? I had found the Asia Times previously, but every article they publish about Syria or Iran seems to come straight out of the Pentagon disinformation bureau, and that really irks me about this publication.signorRossihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09733780088168000624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-643247485418610029.post-80127099186994822532018-05-14T10:09:49.985-07:002018-05-14T10:09:49.985-07:00Your criticism is actually not at all incompatible...Your criticism is actually not at all incompatible with many of Varoufakis' arguments in Adults in the Room. Basically, in the book, he admits openly that Greece has a whole range of structural issues that is also preventing it from real economic recovery. However, what he strongly believes is that the repressive austerity policies is strangling Greece from actually carrying out those necessary reforms. So if the Troika's goal is to actually aid Greek economic recovery, they have to give it some "breathing room." <br /><br />There's actually a whole interesting/tragic plotline in which the troika keeps recommending Greek needs foreign investment, and Varoufakis is trying his hardest to do so, but the threats that the troika keeps engineering makes it clear to all foreign investors that there's little point in investing in Greece at that moment in time. Of course, how much of this story is actually true is up to you to believe.<br /><br />In any case, even if you disagree with Varoufakis on the core causes of the Greek economic collapse and its failure to recover as well as other countries, I believe the book's real strength to come from casting a light on the arcane and often irrational decision-making process of the EU, which is why that's the part that left the strongest impression on me.Hoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07954194342100256628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-643247485418610029.post-29764526016264564782018-05-14T01:28:04.247-07:002018-05-14T01:28:04.247-07:00Thanks for another thought provoking post. Not hav...Thanks for another thought provoking post. Not having read the book (yet) here is my two cents based on Yanis’ newspaper columns. Varoufakis’ approach lacks a historical appreciation of the Greek case. He largely ignores that the crisis hit Greece –its economy and the society that goes with it– was created during the last 40 years. To him most of the blame lies with the Eurozone. Well, this Eurozone criticism somehow sounds logical but guess what, it pretty much ignores the fact that the other crisis-hit Eurozone countries have had substantial recoveries. Structural issues –such as the lack of real reform and weak foreign investment in Greece– are the major, if not overriding concerns here. kukuzelishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17221577562331121910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-643247485418610029.post-41630279718905282052018-05-03T11:05:58.148-07:002018-05-03T11:05:58.148-07:00Oh, is it anonymously post things day? Then I'...Oh, is it anonymously post things day? Then I'll post this guy's riffing on a few different books, including Seeing Like a State:<br />https://samzdat.com/the-uruk-series/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-643247485418610029.post-81658452367505640372018-05-03T10:31:39.944-07:002018-05-03T10:31:39.944-07:00''This is the point where I want to be lik...''This is the point where I want to be like Yang Wen-li and tell people to have faith in democratic institutions''.<br />Made me want to post this https://www.mises.ca/frank-chodorov-nonvoter/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com