tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703718837080088488.post1745263032918626811..comments2024-03-28T00:20:01.688-05:00Comments on Little Blog In The Big Woods: UnEconomicsGreenpahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703718837080088488.post-15696216201992048662007-04-21T13:56:00.000-05:002007-04-21T13:56:00.000-05:00At first I was alarmed that you were part of the F...At first I was alarmed that you were part of the Friedman bandwagon and I would have to expect some largely erroneous comments emerging from your blog, but I am happy to notice that your commentary is in fact closer to reality than that of the Paper Pundit Minor God, Blowhard Friedman. I never read his work since usually by the third paragraph I start wondering how he can hold a job.<BR/>I have reams of writing I can produce about all of the bizarre inequities and imbalances in the world economic order, but I do believe that over time, say the next twenty years, those inequities will be less. HOWEVER, the drift of the US economy toward that of a banana republic will continue as part of that process. The political life in the US is already very Banana Junta {do you read the papers besides Friedman?}and the economy has been destroyed over the last 6 years of gross incompetence.<BR/>Better to concentrate on how to make life in our own backyards better away from the capital economy than to be alarmed now when it is far too late about the international capital morass. I am a capitalist- at this point isn't everyone? But there are many flavors of capitalism and the current one popularly in effect world wide is the drive down prices at all costs model. As I said, I can produce reams of this stuff; better to grow some fruit trees in your backyard and get some PV panels rigged up and move away from the cash economy as much as you can. If you have to invest in something, buy arable land near a permanent water source. This is the only real security over the long run. And even so, when scarcity is widespread, you won't be able to keep the hungry and thirsty away from your idyll. It's time to address some of these issues now as the resource wars have already started.<BR/>I may have mentioned that I left the US 28 years ago. All of this was there to see then, none of it is new. Yeah, I have the trees and the water and live next to largest federal reserve in the Carribbean.<BR/>But I do worry about the water. I may move again. To address the confusion, I live in a US possession.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703718837080088488.post-29616966227901420382007-04-21T07:33:00.000-05:002007-04-21T07:33:00.000-05:00Alina - yeah, the price of oil will go up- but the...Alina - yeah, the price of oil will go up- but there's a kink in UnEconomics system that may keep them shipping popcorn from Uzbekistan to Costa Rica. Check my next post. :-)Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703718837080088488.post-63150284239279827182007-04-21T03:15:00.000-05:002007-04-21T03:15:00.000-05:00Well, it looks to me that as soon as oil starts to...Well, it looks to me that as soon as oil starts to be really scarce, prices will rise astronomically and THEN it will no longer be cheaper to transport things from around the world... And since there are claims that 'peak oil' is upon us, that time is not so distant... <BR/><BR/>Anyway, I thought this Friedman guy was a little too arrogant for my taste. The fact that he decides to take a tendency that is developing in society and call it "his idea" really doesn't do it for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com