>Yet economic policies have changed little in response to one electoral defeat after another. The left has replaced the right; the right has ousted the left. Ev

>Yet economic policies have changed little in response to one electoral defeat after another. The left has replaced the right; the right has ousted the left. Even the center-right trounced Communists (in Cyprus) – but the economic policies have essentially remained the same: governments will continue to cut spending and raise taxes. I like his ability to cut to the truth of the matter. What the people vote for and desire is quite secondary at the end of the day.