tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post5714799580439384219..comments2023-07-17T11:55:51.363+02:00Comments on ObservingGreece: No Longer A Task Force To Turn To!kleinguthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12491174042954678023noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post-85404855014209608072018-08-06T13:00:15.976+02:002018-08-06T13:00:15.976+02:00I found it appropriate to quote Nikos Dimou as he ...I found it appropriate to quote Nikos Dimou as he wrote it shorter, better and 35 years before me.<br />My own experience with it, as consulting engineer for Greek companies, has been that it can be profitable to try to facilitate knowledge transfer, but it is very seldom rewarding. <br />Lennard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post-43526584024671642392018-08-05T14:53:15.108+02:002018-08-05T14:53:15.108+02:00Whereas people who have read Nikos Dimou booklet a...Whereas people who have read Nikos Dimou booklet and have learned it by heart rushing to quote him no matter the occasion, or they simply attribute their very own rants to THE philosopher, know everything there is to know about the people Nikos Dimou wrote about… It's to wonder who has learned and knows more: Nikos Dimou or the Lennards of the world…<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post-4562334218824921512018-08-01T10:46:37.894+02:002018-08-01T10:46:37.894+02:00That the TFGR, SRSS and others have failed in Gree...That the TFGR, SRSS and others have failed in Greece come as no surprise. They will keep failing in a country where the citizens, with the words of Nikos Dimou, claim to know four times more than they have actually ever learned.<br />Lennard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post-33208908371059154352018-07-30T16:24:27.551+02:002018-07-30T16:24:27.551+02:00So yet another bureaucratic commission (of insanel...So yet another bureaucratic commission (of insanely well compensated consultants?) was exactly what was missing all that time? Besides, what exactly did they do except publish that very vague, very trite, quite often ridiculously contradictory and completely redundant report you linked to in your 2016 post?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post-2215304786786870602018-07-30T15:19:49.605+02:002018-07-30T15:19:49.605+02:00The biggest problem with economic discussions abou...The biggest problem with economic discussions about Greece is that both sides follow arguments that are red herrings.<br /><br />For example, the pro-euro side ignores the macroeconomic problems of the Eurozone and focuses exclusively on the mismanagement of Greece. The anti-euro side does the opposite. The result is that we are caught in a loop.<br /><br />Thankfully, it becomes more and more obvious, globally, that the fiscal and monetary policy of the Eurozone represents a major problem.<br /><br />https://www.barrons.com/articles/what-the-u-s-should-demand-from-europe-1532707629Jim Sliphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15325962115410722474noreply@blogger.com