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Naomi Kline review reviewed
Posted in 9500 on September 29, 2007 | No Comments »
An annotated review of the review
Doug Carmichael. My comments in Italics
September 29, 2007
Books of the Times
It’s All a Grand Capitalist Conspiracy
By TOM REDBURN
THE SHOCK DOCTRINE
The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
By Naomi Klein
558 pages. Metropolitan Books. $28.
When Milton Friedman died last year, the acclaim for his work was nearly universal. Even his ideological opponents, like Paul Krugman [...]
Balance of issues
Posted in US now, politics on September 6, 2007 | No Comments »
We are all distracted by Iraq/Iran and the presidential election.
It is plausible that the strategy of the administration is
1. Make the economy safe for its friends. Solidify the plutocracy.
2. invest in a risky but not essential investment in a war to get control of the ME. This is good because it supports the Military [...]
James Baker article
Posted in Uncategorized on September 5, 2007 | No Comments »
The case for pragmatic idealism By James A Baker
This is a serious attempt to lay out a future that fits the needs of leaderships and the led. Worth some detailed analysis. If its purpose is to pressure Bush to be more realistic, fine and good. But if it is a program for the US going [...]
Iran sept 4
Posted in Uncategorized on September 4, 2007 | No Comments »
I am still working to bring together the raw sources for a start on Iran. I had emailed TPM that such an effort was needed, along the lines of what they did with social security. Must have been in the air as TPM is doing a lot of bringing threads together. So this is a [...]
Iran Sept 2 2007 # 2
Posted in Uncategorized on September 2, 2007 | No Comments »
I am starting with a series of articles from Asian Times, which I think sets the stage for good analysis. It needs to checked with other sources, established and emerging But To me the absence of serious analysis from say the NYT is a problem to be understood, and the Iraq parallel is [...]
aug 29 2007
Posted in Uncategorized on September 2, 2007 | No Comments »
Iran sept 2, #2
I am starting with a series of articles from Asian Times, which I think sets the stage for good analysis. It needs to checked with other sources, established and emerging But To me the absence of serious analysis from say the NYT is a problem to be understood, and the [...]
