tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075006.post2617483602405451664..comments2023-10-11T18:23:17.225+08:00Comments on {caffeine_sparks}: Taming Capitalism a.k.a There's no such thing as a 'free market'sparkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14176802456964956777noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075006.post-3347301546757675702008-04-02T23:12:00.000+08:002008-04-02T23:12:00.000+08:00Futures, derivative, schmerivative...just ought to...Futures, derivative, schmerivative...just ought to worry more about growing that $600 in your St. George savings account.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075006.post-19817137962635643752008-04-02T21:48:00.000+08:002008-04-02T21:48:00.000+08:00I'm not a huge fan of regulation but I recognize t...I'm not a huge fan of regulation but I recognize that there must be some degree of accountability to check greed.<BR/><BR/>I find the market today to be... predictably crazy. it's a crisis of confidence. on one hand, even as the markets pound, there are stocks and companies that are still producing and doing things right and often makes me wonder why their stock isn't performing. <BR/><BR/>AnywayCocoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03079637494529705906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075006.post-62819066249529732172008-04-01T15:50:00.000+08:002008-04-01T15:50:00.000+08:00Hi Anna, Thanks. The rest details the new conditio...Hi Anna, <BR/><BR/>Thanks. The rest details the new conditionalities IFIs (international financial institutions) put on debtor governments. They're called 'governance conditionalities'. I have nothing against these per se - if only IFIs were also subject to the same principles, i.e. that they be just as accountable and transparent.sparkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14176802456964956777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075006.post-25612750831444345342008-04-01T12:17:00.000+08:002008-04-01T12:17:00.000+08:00good stuff the excerpt. easier to read and underst...good stuff the excerpt. easier to read and understand than walden bello's jargon, thats for sure. what does the rest of the paper say? it's stuff like this that we should be disseminating to our so-called political leaders who continue to believe in gma and her freemarket ideology, never mind that the results are in and it's a big flop.stuart-santiagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01684291861341131227noreply@blogger.com