Comments on: Martin Wolf on the Brave New World of Finance http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2007/06/martin-wolf-on-brave-new-world-of.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:06:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2007/06/martin-wolf-on-brave-new-world-of.html#comment-107 Anonymous Wed, 20 Jun 2007 03:21:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2007/06/martin-wolf-on-the-brave-new-world-of-finance/#comment-107 funny -- my take on wolf's argument wasn't that he personally viewed these changes as a good thing, but rather that he was more ambivalent about them that is politic for a champion of globalization (see his book) writing for a newspaper that in many ways is a leading proponent of anglo-financial-globalization of the world, or at least a newspaper than has profited from that shift, should be ... <br/><br/>so what was striking to me is that Wolf ended on a note of ambivalence rather than endorsement, which struck me as less than a full endorsement.<br/><br/>or put differently, it seems he succeeded at being right down the middle, since we both are guessing where he really stands ...<br/><br/>bsetser funny — my take on wolf’s argument wasn’t that he personally viewed these changes as a good thing, but rather that he was more ambivalent about them that is politic for a champion of globalization (see his book) writing for a newspaper that in many ways is a leading proponent of anglo-financial-globalization of the world, or at least a newspaper than has profited from that shift, should be …

so what was striking to me is that Wolf ended on a note of ambivalence rather than endorsement, which struck me as less than a full endorsement.

or put differently, it seems he succeeded at being right down the middle, since we both are guessing where he really stands …

bsetser

]]> By: unlawflcombatnt http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2007/06/martin-wolf-on-brave-new-world-of.html#comment-106 unlawflcombatnt Tue, 19 Jun 2007 22:10:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2007/06/martin-wolf-on-the-brave-new-world-of-finance/#comment-106 Interesting article.<br/><br/>Sounds like a perfect recipe for another Great Depression.<br/><br/>And still another reason to vote for Ron Paul, as he's the only candidate who seems to view this financial time bomb as a problem. <br/><br/>unlawflcombatnt<br/><br/><a HREF="http://www.unlawflcombatnt.proboards84.com" REL="nofollow">Economic Populist Forum</a> Interesting article.

Sounds like a perfect recipe for another Great Depression.

And still another reason to vote for Ron Paul, as he’s the only candidate who seems to view this financial time bomb as a problem.

unlawflcombatnt

Economic Populist Forum

]]>