I agree with Chris on this one: > In this situation, the answer is to give the government greater power to > defend national industry from foreign competition and "to give control > over the exchange rate back to the government."
It was clear from the beginning that this is the big mistake of the Euro. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Christoph Reuss Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 5:12 PM To: futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca Subject: Re: [Futurework] Italy and the Euro Reuters wrote: > In this situation, the answer is to give the government greater power to > defend national industry from foreign competition and "to give control > over the exchange rate back to the government." It was clear from the beginning that this is the big mistake of the Euro. ---- Ed Weick wrote: > Almost everything you read about the EU these days suggests a lot of > disenchantment with the leadership and a fear of Turks and Polish > plumbers. The EU is a grand idea, but grand ideas don't always put > bread on the table or protect your special interests. The EU is a grand scheme to benefit predators -- the regional implementation of globalization. ---- Brad McCormick wrote: > I agree that the EU is "a grand idea". I am reminded of > a certain definition of Europe: It's a big mistake to confuse the EU with Europe. > Perhaps no idea is grand enough to > withstand the withering, relentless assault of The New American Dream of > universal free-fall economic devolution aka deregulated free > or at least all-consuming markets. If you scrap off the PR you'll realize that the EU is a regional promoter of free-fall economic devolution rather than a bulwark against it. Chris ___________________________________________________ "Going west was their [U$] enlargement. They found the Rocky Mountains; we found Prague and Budapest." --Romano Prodi, ex-head of the EU, on EU enlargement ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list Futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list Futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
