A Third Way Between Protectionism & Globalization

2017-01-26 Thread carlo von lynX
On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 07:58:46AM +0100, Alex Foti wrote: > [Trump's] politics is neither neocon nor realist (certainly > not international kehoane-style) but isolationist. We have been sold the notion that Protectionism is very very bad and leads to "economic warfare". We have been sold the

Re: 10 Preliminary Theses on Trump

2017-01-26 Thread Patrice Riemens
On 2017-01-26 10:22, David Garcia wrote: > Thank you Ian for these cogent thoughts.. > > I have one question for you: > > Is you 10th thesis calling for a revolution without using the word. > If so why not? Why avoid the word? Has it become tarnished by > carrying too much historical baggage ? O

Re: 10 Preliminary Theses on Trump

2017-01-26 Thread David Garcia
Thank you Ian for these cogent thoughts.. I have one question for you: Is you 10th thesis calling for a revolution without using the word. If so why not? Why avoid the word? Has it become tarnished by carrying too much historical baggage ? Or does te word simply not cover what it is you are t

trump is not a neoliberal: national populism and neoliberalism compared

2017-01-26 Thread Alex Foti
[the previous version was messed up by me. FS] have been following the many perspectives taken on the nazipopulist in the white house - time and again though i ve seen people repeating trumpism is neoliberalism to the max, that is avatar of international capital or whatnot. not so, 2016 puts an

trump is not a neoliberal: national populism and neoliberalism compared

2017-01-26 Thread Alex Foti
--001a1130c1227626b10546f9e164 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 (first time got sent incomplete by error) have been following the many perspectives taken on the nazipopulist in the white house - time and again though i ve seen people repeating trumpism is neoliberalism to the max, that is