Comments on: Zeno’s Recovery – Looking forward with fury to 2011

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 16:58:34 +0000

Every week we advance half-way to the recovery!

By: andrew

andrew — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:14:41 +0000

correction…ex president.

By: andrew

andrew — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:13:09 +0000

for those of you that speak french

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4049727159199474941#docid=5455228578800445334

for those that can't, here's translation of 2 lines

"Those people who lead us into debt, they are playing us as in a casino. When they win, there's no argument.
Now that they have lost at the game, they demand repayment from us. They talk about a " crisis".
No Mr president. They played, they lost,they should play by the rules. Life goes on.

Thomas sankara, zw- president of burkina faso.
The sum of his argument is that debt economics is an extension of colonialism that serves only a small elite.

He was assasinated in 1987.

By: 24K

24K — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 21:09:43 +0000

No probs dudes, it was a bit like watching Twin Peaks mind.

I saw a short film HERE ;) and thought of you guys. It's in French too!

Although to be fair his tweak was like Benanke's. If we all became Le Technician mind...

By: princesschipchops

princesschipchops — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 19:03:09 +0000

24k Thanks for the tip – I am so technologyically challenged I didn't even know about it – was going to ask my stepdad to translate – but now I can read it for myself.

By: RichGB

RichGB — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 00:37:14 +0000

Hi PrincessChipChops

I sympathise with your frustration at accessing the non-English contributions to this debate - and Google's low-contextual (garbled!) translation of 'Indignez Vous' does not help. It seems to me that the English-speaking countries are the cause of this economic crisis, but 'we' (the debaters) are the citizens of the same said trouble-causing nations. I fear that our imagination is severely restricted by our own experiences, tainted by the corruption oozing out of Wall Street and The Square Mile.

New Year's resolution for all: go beyond your familiar newspapers and brave the Google Translator, if necessary. J'èspere votre découvertes ne sonne pas comme les 'Flower Pot Men'. Huh? Non-Brits can find an explanation ICI.

By: RichGB

RichGB — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 20:56:14 +0000

The phrase 'doing a Peston' might be defined as the release of 'controversial' comments from a World-respected media organisation, i.e. the BBC. Now, it seems Stephanie Flanders has become the suicidal messenger: see HERE.
Yes, it might seem like the equivalent of saying 'I say' to attract the attention of a barmaid in a busy pub, but I think this is a strong statement for the World-renowned BBC.
Now that I've deposited my link, RoboCop style, I shall depart, but not before leaving a parting shot: 'Excuse me, I have to go. Somewhere there is a crime happening.'

By: RichGB

RichGB — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 20:22:32 +0000

Hi wirplit

Such figures are terrifying and conjure up that image of Frank Cotton at the end of Hellraiser uttering his final words, writhing in ecstasy whilst being torn apart: 'Jesusss wept!'

However, is this conjecture? The trouble with SGS is that they require money to be paid to access their methodology. If they are confident in their data then the derivation system should be freely available, to encourage subscription. Perhaps I am too cynical?

By: The MacPuddock.

The MacPuddock. — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 17:54:00 +0000

hey 24K
Merci for the tip. I fiddled around trying to find a way of transferring the text and eventually gave up. Didn't think of putting in the URL. (Damn-in self kick mode)

By: wirplit

wirplit — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 13:13:51 +0000

Thought this might be interesting Golem
with reference to your comments about the U6 level of unemployment in the US a useful site for US economic data that is suggesting that even the broad U6 broad rate for unemployment is an underestimate and the true rate may already be well over 20%! .
http://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_data/unemployment-charts ( sorry cant get link to work)
If this is right then the rate is up with the worst in Europe.