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Hmm, it seems to me that "advanced financial instruments" that helped mask persistent corruption and tax evasion are a big reason why Greece is currently in a n
by jbarham 11y ago
Hmm, it seems to me that "advanced financial instruments" that helped mask persistent corruption and tax evasion are a big reason why Greece is currently in a no-win financial deadlock.
And it's a bit rich to talk about the "competent" Greek economist vs. his "incompetent" EU counterparts when they're the ones with the money and he isn't.
When it comes to the Greek debt fiasco, Shakespeare said it best 400 years ago: "Neither a borrower nor a lender be, For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry."
- imron 11y agoSure, they're the ones with money and he isn't, but that's hardly his fault, and it's a bit rich to suggest that this implies competence, when part of the reason Greece doesn't have any money is thanks to the policies of these EU counterparts (and their predecessors).
- gonvaled 11y ago> And it's a bit rich to talk about the "competent" Greek economist vs. his "incompetent" EU counterparts when they're the ones with the money and he isn't. So you mean that all competent economists are in rich countries, and all incompetent in poor ones? Does the same apply to other disciplines? Like all good mathematicians are in the US and India? All good painters are in the Netherlands? etc How sad! I now realize that coming from a country with less than average literary achievements, no matter how I try I won't be ever able to write! I thank you for saving me the effort to try! What a funny world!
- jazzyk 11y agoIt is a bit rich to imply that J.K. Galbraith is a competent economist and Donald Trump is not, when Trump is the one who has money and J.K. isn't. Right? :-)