NP: Noam Chomsky on Corona, Neoliberalism, Trump etc.

[ish mailian]

I love Noam Chmosky, admire him, respect him, agree with him,
generally, share his politics, say he is one of the greates and most
important intellectuals of the century, and/but don't excuse my
ageism, but I think he belongs to the crowd of old white men who are
tired and riding old hobby horses.

There is plenty of money, profit is the word NC uses, or misuses in
this case because it's not profits that prevent investment in
preventing a pandemic. So he's just wrong about this.

On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 5:45 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Before I even read the piece, which I will, that quote is simply not the
> case.
> 1) market signals in general, overall, have shown CLEARLY that the ending
> and prevention of catastrophe, deaths and
> ruination are good things even coldly economically.
>
> 2) Eliz Warren in her interview with Ezra Klein tells us of a new white
> paper proving the
> worst case FOR THE ECONOMY is NOT stopping it wholesale.
>
> I see that this is particularly about the ventilator shortage so........but
> yes, massive cruelty reigns
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 5:35 AM Thomas Eckhardt <thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de>
> wrote:
>
> > "Market signals were clear: There’s no profit in preventing a future
> > catastrophe. "
> >
> >
> > https://truthout.org/articles/chomsky-ventilator-shortage-exposes-the-cruelty-of-neoliberal-capitalism/
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