tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740849900073154554.post7210165554436800055..comments2023-08-25T17:30:36.937+05:30Comments on Business Musings: Élection présidentielle 2017Rameshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11782192840421019943noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740849900073154554.post-87590941859031137032017-05-12T23:11:04.062+05:302017-05-12T23:11:04.062+05:30I almost thought the unexpected and the idiotic (T...I almost thought the unexpected and the idiotic (Trump and Brexit) was becoming the new norm but for now thankfully the EU population seems to have more sense than the US n UK. Here's to waiting and watching and hoping there will be no WW3.Rikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03985152186939344611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740849900073154554.post-927443460359965742017-04-23T18:40:17.220+05:302017-04-23T18:40:17.220+05:30Oh no; this is not a political post at all. In the...Oh no; this is not a political post at all. In the broadest of sense, everything is political, but this one is purely economic. As I said, a voter's decision is a combination of several factors - economic, social, cultural, etc. I am only offering a critique of Mélenchon, which Hugo Chavez would have approved of.<br /><br />I don't agree with the lady's economic policy, but its not lunacy. As for her other stands, well, .......Rameshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11782192840421019943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740849900073154554.post-20310903860457016002017-04-23T18:37:34.244+05:302017-04-23T18:37:34.244+05:30We are more "informed", but think less a...We are more "informed", but think less and that's the problem. Mere information is useless without critical thinking and then forming an opinion. Extremism comes because of instant opinion forming without thought and consideration. Alas.Rameshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11782192840421019943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740849900073154554.post-91080899346426935902017-04-23T10:45:59.536+05:302017-04-23T10:45:59.536+05:30Ahem, you are pretending that the post is about ec...Ahem, you are pretending that the post is about economic policies. It is completely, totally, out and out, a political post.<br /><br />Intellectually, this is one of the biggest problems. Instead of the old "political economy," economists and business people seem to want to pretend that there is economics and business that is outside of politics. There isn't any. <br /><br />To a large extent, the teenager in me who hated the Europeans for messing up the rest of the world with their colonies, well, I am glad that the French and the British and the Europeans are all tied up all over. The US will survive this orange president. But, if Marine LePen wins it all, not only France but the entire continent will be in shit streets. Greece, for instance, will go belly-up the next day. While we might distract ourselves with the crazy commie candidate sideshow, the nationalist fascist is what any political economic discussion ought to be focused on.Sriram Khéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06724218458246880137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740849900073154554.post-13546765953092889662017-04-23T09:02:51.144+05:302017-04-23T09:02:51.144+05:30Loved your concluding line.. the strange paradox o...Loved your concluding line.. the strange paradox of our times is that exposure to more knowledge has made us less knowledgeable. Moderates are dwindling Anita Ravishankarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06332906495706032466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740849900073154554.post-57630208034836609162017-04-22T22:15:26.828+05:302017-04-22T22:15:26.828+05:30Yes free trade and capitalism is on the retreat as...Yes free trade and capitalism is on the retreat as the pendulum swings the other way. It will swing back for sure as we try and reach some equilibrium. Rameshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11782192840421019943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4740849900073154554.post-87448792004607459442017-04-22T21:43:08.661+05:302017-04-22T21:43:08.661+05:30Ramesh,
This is getting crazier by the day.. fee...Ramesh, <br /><br />This is getting crazier by the day.. feels like we will undo all the good that we created over the past 50 years..<br /><br />just think about it.. the dutch dont want muslims, ausies dont want to give visas, and trump doesnt want steel.. and all of them are gaining public support one way or the other<br /><br />Maybe it will correct to mid point.. hopefully..Sandhya Sriramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11833463085841210502noreply@blogger.com