tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post6024137526286541021..comments2024-03-28T08:37:58.136+01:00Comments on Limited, Inc.: Alien: coming to an economic sector near you!Roger Gathmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11257400843748041639noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post-16455611697386713942008-01-10T17:52:00.000+01:002008-01-10T17:52:00.000+01:00E.A., what happened to UFO Breakfasts of Champions...E.A., what happened to UFO Breakfasts of Champions? I can't seem to get to it, god damn it. Are you all changing servers or something?Roger Gathmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11257400843748041639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post-51757245127542037222008-01-10T01:22:00.000+01:002008-01-10T01:22:00.000+01:00E.A., I just meant that the state manages demand -...E.A., I just meant that the state manages demand - easing credit, using military spending,etc. <BR/><BR/>Keynsianism used to attach to a state policy that tended towards promoting greater equality at the margins, and now it tends towards credit as a sort of compromise between the massive tendency towards wealth inequality and the need to dampen discontent that would normally be the result of inequality.Roger Gathmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11257400843748041639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post-88586508717608375622008-01-09T19:53:00.000+01:002008-01-09T19:53:00.000+01:00Just a question: could you unpack your comment tha...Just a question: could you unpack your comment that a Keynesian economy undergirds the current neo-liberal order? I think I know what you mean—that the gov't is still the ultimate provider of demand, and even actively plays the role, but through various intermediary dodges (tax giveaways to sufficiently liquid entities, Homeland Security pork barrel projects)—but I'm not sure if that's it or if that's all.<BR/><BR/>—et aliaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post-76302136548923921852008-01-08T22:02:00.000+01:002008-01-08T22:02:00.000+01:00Damn. I predicted the NYSE would end the year at 1...Damn. I predicted the NYSE would end the year at 12,500. And it didn't - but we are a tumble away from there now!<BR/>Of course, my brothers will say I'm just always a pessimist.Roger Gathmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11257400843748041639noreply@blogger.com