Raghu: > An excellent idea! But it does require a strong solidarity within the > South. Are Venezuelans prepared to accept losses in case of economic > distress (and possible default) in another country? Or is the > nationalistic poison too deeply absorbed into the societies of the > South for this to be feasible?
Let me say thanks in the first place. It was a question of Michael Hudson that led me to formulate this. And you are right: for such an idea to work, we need solidarity, unlike the self-interestedness as assumed by the neoclassical economics and paranoid-schizophrenia as assumed by Nash, because he was one. By the way, I don't mean cooperation in the sense of Nash, because even that is about being screwed up by others, so you cooperate with them to avoid that they don't screw you up. Who knows, maybe Nash was right and we are all self-interested beings, interested in screwing each other up, but I am more optimistic! On the other hand, I guarantee you that given the current government, my country will not cooperate and Yoshie does not understand why, given her misunderstanding of the "islamic democrats" in Turkey. They are hardly "democrats" of any kind. Nevertheless, you need to start somewhere: maybe South American countries can do this, who knows? Why do you think I choose to help Venezuela rather than Turkey, my own country? It is hopeless in Turkey in these days! Best, Sabri _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
