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aceventura3 · 05-31-2011, 07:57 AM

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Originally Posted by roachboy

at the risk of bringing the thread back to it's topic and away from ace talking about himself....

Stop directing comments towards me. Focus on the issues and the issues will be discussed.

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this editorial from the guardian gives a fair picture of the overall damage neo-liberalism has visited upon the united states, the irrational tax structure that has been foisted on us, the increasingly authoritarian political structure that neo-liberalism requires as its policies shred the socio-economic structure of the united states, and, within that, the role and problems of the current form of campaign finance:

After the crash: the pauperisation of middle-class America | Richard Wolff | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

The author stated the following:

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The current global crisis of capitalism began with the severe contraction in the housing markets in mid 2007.

The housing contraction was the result the excessive speculation in the highly leveraged derivatives market. so from the beginning his premise is incorrect. And to blame the crisis on capitalism is also incorrect. The problem is with a select few trying to micromanage markets and the economy.

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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru

It shouldn't come as a surprise that the natural conclusion of neoliberalism

What is "neoliberalism?" If you define it the way I suspect you and Roach would, I suspect the real problem is in this hybrid type economic model you have supported in other threads. And if "neoliberalism" is the problem, what is the solution?