They need to appear as a world player- frankly their investments in the USA/Greece seem ridiculous as they have more than enough challenges in their own country.
On Jun 27, 12:52 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > None of this austerity stuff makes any sense Allan. I'm not even sure > the Chinese have any money given the property bubble over there. I > think the banks should be taken over rather than letting our public > sectors end up in their hands. > > On Jun 26, 2:27 pm, Contemplative <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Does it serve man? (I am not disagreeing, just questioning...) > > I am going to suggest (for arguments sake) that the economy describes a set > > of > > (system of)relationships and behaviors of man. Those relationships and > > behaviors would > > exist regardless of how we chose to describe them. That indicates a > > 'natural system' to my > > way of thinking. From a broad perspective, such systems evolve in the > > interest of the survival > > of the species and therefor serve man. However, there is a distinction > > between serving man > > at that level and serving man at the level of mans will.(using 'man' as > > mankind here). I presume > > that your are speaking of it as serving mans will.(?) > > > Perhaps the problem I have is with the way we talk about the economy. We > > talk about it as if it is a complex > > machine that we can manipulate as we see fit and as such predict the > > outcome. That is plainly not > > true as has repeatedly and painfully proven. I guess I would like to hear > > it talked about and considered more > > as a natural system which is better learned about through observation. In > > other words, something we live in instead > > of a machine that we drive or operate. I think we could learn a lot more > > about ourselves if we were to view it > > that way. I also think that we would likely make less drastic mistakes > > regarding this system if we were to > > approach it this way. > > > We need a way to balance between our holistic 'expert' view and the view of > > the system as more holonic. > > In other words, I don't trust experts.... :-) > > > By the way, the source of these wandering rants has been my endeavor to > > consume and digest the contents of > > the FCIC report which I downloaded and have been snacking/gnawing on for a > > couple of months now... I recommend > > it by the way. It is not nearly as dry as I would have thought, and > > reasonably informative, though I doubt > > it could be described as comprehensive. It has been and continues to be a > > source of thought provocation for me. > > > Once again, thanks for the opportunity...- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
