Ed Weick wrote: > Geoffrey Sachs is a very good economist, but when I was in Russia in 1995, > he had become something of a bad joke among thinking Russians because he was > associated with the privatization scheme that, in the light of hindsight, > did far more harm than good. Out of their history, ordinary Russians had > little understanding of "private" or "property". He thought he was > recommending the right thing and providing a better future for Russia but > things couldn't work out that way.
Let's not parrot their hypocritical PR too hypo-critically. Sachs, Soros & Co. know exactly what they are doing -- not to serve or even liberate Russians but to plunder them (or "liberate" them from their money). But of course they didn't tell Russians in advance "we come to plunder you" but "we come to liberate you". Clever advertising uses half-truths. > What I've found is that people in bad social surrounds are able to > collectively find their own path to a more secure existence. In the slums > of Sao Paulo, fundamentalist religion provided a basis for positive > association, collectively taking on projects to enhance the community > and providing welfare to those in need. In rural Costa Rica, the > cooperative movement underpinned by the Catholic Church was effective > in providing for peoples' needs and holding communities together. And in the slums of Palestine it's called the Hamas approach. > I think that the most important task is to understand before you advise > and recommend. And the most important task is to understand the real motives of the advisors in order to avoid getting duped by them. Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
