NP: No gov't; best gov't..from John Lanchester LRoB

[Kai Frederik Lorentzen]

 > The world may be ruled by a roomful of 26-year old bond traders in 
London so we
 > have no reason to expect an improvement. I'm up for political solutions.

Like what? Financial transaction tax?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_transaction_tax


On 03.09.2011 20:20, Richard Fiero wrote:

> Keith Davis wrote:
>> "The Creature From Jekyll Island" is an interesting read on how our 
>> finances work. "The Big Short" is another. I'll admit right away that 
>> I'm ignorant about this stuff, and seeking to educate myself, to a 
>> certain extent. Any recommendations are appreciated. Now I'm into 
>> "The Shock Doctrine".
> . . .
> I recommend Doug Henwood at
> http://leftbusinessobserver.com/
> and radio archives at
> http://leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html
> It is fairly painless and has great musical segments in it, but so did 
> Paul Krugman's blog recently.
> "Shock Doctrine" is a little extreme in my opinion but by that it 
> makes sure that you get the point.
>
> After the fact financial forensics are interesting but what now needs 
> to be done and who needs to do it? The only certainties seem to be 
> held by the Tea heads and that is that the Obama presidency must be 
> destroyed while we are all held hostage. The world may be ruled by a 
> roomful of 26-year old bond traders in London so we have no reason to 
> expect an improvement
> I'm up for political solutions.
>
>
>