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“Focus” out of Focus
No comment for this hit under the waist:
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Read more about “Greece and [German] money,” in German, here.
Euro Devaluation can be a Blessing
Do markets know best? You may argue so. What the Europenas did not do by themselves through their common monetary and interest rate policy, the markets have done for them. Given the state of the European economy as a whole and the problems facing the PIIGS, one might argue that the euro should have been devalued against the dollar some time ago. Isn’t this a blessing for German exports too?
Kathe Poli kai Ena Panepistimio, Kathe Horio kai Ena TEI
Tha thimaste tou Papadopoulou to kathe poli kai ena stadio, kathe horio kai ena gimnastirio. Etsi ehei katantisei to pragma me ta Ellinika Panepistimia. Panepistimio simainei pollaples sholes kai ohi mia sholi me mia eidikefsi. Panepistimio simainei porous, hrimata, iliko kai anthropino dinamiko. Ti na to kanoume to Panepistimio stin Kolopetinitsa me eidikotita stis kolokithopites otan oute poroi, oute vivliothikes, oute ergastiria iparhoun, kai oi kathigites pane mono gia to mathima. Plaka kanoume?
Shetiko thema einai i idiotiki paideia. I Ellada hreiazetai ependiseis amesa. Ama idiotes theloun na kanoun Panepistimia, as pane na kanoun oti, opou kai opote theloun. To mono pou mporei na kanei to kratos einai na katartisei afstira kritiria kai eite na to anagnorisei i’ ohi gia proslipsi sto dimosio kai mono. Apo kei kai pera iparhoun diethneis organismoi gia accredidation. I de agora tha apofasisisei moni tis poia ptihia tha angnorizei.
Ores Katastimaton
Omologo oti den ksero akrivos to orario ton katastimaton. Kai opoion eroto ehei diskolia na mou pei akrivos tous kanonismous. Afto pou xero enai oti, opote erhomai stin Ellada, paratiro ta magazia na kleinoun noris to mesimeri kai na einai kleista tin Kiriaki. Afto pou den katalavaino enai: den theloun oi katastimatarhes na diefkolinoun ton katanaloti kai na poulisoun emporevma? Den eprepe oi trapezes na einai anoihtes mehri tis pente toulahiston, kai Savvato proi, gia na diefkolinou ton katanaloti? Pliris apeleftherosi tou orariou gia olous. O opoiosdipote katastimatarhis prepei na ehei dikaioma na anoiksei tomagazi tou opote thelei, me mono kanona tin dimosiopoiisi tou orariou stin prothiki tou katastimatos. Opoios thelei na poulisei as menei anoihtos polles ores kai as rixei tis times.
Orario Ergasias sto Dimosio
Den nomizo na doulevei kanenas stin Ameriki kato apo oxto ores tin imera. Kai erotoume: einai i paragogikotita sto Dimosio stin Ellada ipsiloteri apo afti stin Ameriki pou na dikeiologei meiomeno orario kata misi ora? Ohtaoro orario gia olous. An theloume na vgoume apo tin krisi.
Pothen Eshes gia Olous kai Ipourgikoi Misthoi
Ehei ginei i Ellada sinonimi pleon tis diafthoras. Den iparhei efimerida ston kosmo pou na min anafereretai sto Greek corruption. Epitelous irthe o kairos gia pragmatiki diafaneia. POTHEN ESHES GIA OLOUS SE OLA TA EPIPEDA. Ehoume varethei na akoume gia ipourgous pou ta tsimpagane. Tha paei kanenas filaki epitelous? Pos na min vgainei o kosmos stous dromous?
Proteino simantiki afxisi ton ameivon tou ipourgikou simvouliou oste na min einai evalotoi sti diafthora.
Fakelaki kai Agios o Theos
Otan stin “agora” dimosion ipiresion eheis mikri prosfora kalon ipiresion kai megali zitisi, o politis einai diatethimenos na plirosei mia ipsili “timi” gia kales ipiresies. I onomastiki timi (diladi to hartosimo i’ to paravolo) enai shetika hamili. I diafora tis timis pou o politis/katanalotis dimosion ipiresion einai diatethimenos na plirosei gia kales ipiresies apo tin onomastiki timi ekfrazetai stin “agora” san “fakelaki” i’ “ladoma”. O prosferon tin ipiresia dimosios ipallilos stin praxi mporei na afxisei to ladoma (diladi tin diafora timon) meionontas tin parohi afton ton ipiresion, paradeigmatos harin me tehnikes kathistereseis.
Kai erotoumai? Ti lete tha sinevene an to kratos ekane afto pou sta oikonomika leme “price discrimination”? Theleis kales ipiresies, p.h., theleis afto to pistopoiitiko se dio imeres? Tha sou stoiheisei eikosi euro parapano apo to na to eheis se dio evdomades. Ti lete tha sinevene? Ti lete tha sinevene an to kratos evaze mihanismous eleghou oste o dimosios ipallilos na min meionei tehnika tin parohi kalon ipiresion? Ti lete tha sineve an to kratos den edine monimotita (tenure) aftomata se olous tous mi simvasiouhous ipallilous? Giati oi koutofragkoi perimenoun na apodeikseis ti aksizeis gia eksi hronia prin sou dosoun monimotita sto evdomo? Lete na xeroun kati?
Ellines Politikoi
Eho ekplagei polles fores sto parelthon me ta aniparkta viografika pollon Ellinon politikon. Me poia logiki o Ellinikos laos eklegei atoma pou den ehoun apodeiksei tis ikanotites tous, apla kai mono epeidi ehoun politikes diasindeseis i’ ena gnosto eponimo? Kai vlepeis atoma pou den ehoun mia imera pragmatikis ergasias sto viografiko tous i’ einai apotihimenoi epaggelmatika na ginontai diikites organismon, ipourgoi kai prothipourgoi k.l.p. Ma ti perimenoume na kanei o anikanos? To mono pou ton endiaferei einai i’ na parameinei sti thesi tou i’ o grigoros ploutismos. Ex orismou den mporei na prosferei kati thetiko. En antithesei, o ikanos kai epitihimenos endiaferetai ligotero gia to prosopiko ofelos apo tin politiki. Ma hreaizetai poli mialo na to katalavei kaneis?
Featherbedding kai Ligotero Kratos
Oi parouses sinthikes parousiazoun mia katapliktiki efkeria gia kati pou eprepe na eihe ginei dekaeties prin: simantika ligotero kratos. To government spending (including transfer payments) stin Ellada san pososto tou GDP einai pano apo 40%. Afto einai ligotero apo tin Irlandia i’ tin Ispania, alla parapano apo tin Ollandia i’ tin Portogalia, kai poli parapano apo tin Italia, tin Afstria, tin Ouggaria, tin Dania kai ti Gallia. To terastio megethos tou Ellinikou kratous, anti na diefkolini kai na proothei tin idiotiki protovoulia, diskolevei tis ependiseis me tin tromeri grafeiokratia tou. Oloi xeroume mia apo tis vasikes aities diogkosis tou Ellinikou kratous: oi psifothirikes kai mi anagkaies proslipseis. Einai afto pou sta oikonomika leme “featherbedding”, diladi excessive hiring of low productivity workers. Oloi aftoi oi ipalloiloi kai i ipervoliki grafeiokrateia, pou stohevei stin apolithosi tis kratikis exousias, einai to megalitero trohopedi anaptixis.
Ta teleftaia eikositessera hronia pou zo stin Ameriki, zitima an eho paei 5-6 fores se dimosia ipiresia. Ta kalokaira omos, opote kateveno stin Ellada, halao tis diakopes mou stis dimosies ipiresies. Gia ena periergo logo, to Dimosio thelei na se vlepei aftoprosopos. Se antithesi me tin Ameriki, einai adinati i diekpereosi ipotheseon meso tilefonou i’ internet. Prepei na emfanisteis aftoprosopos kai na parakaleseis i’ na ladoseis. Kai otan kati paei na fteiaxei, kapou tha kollisei. P.h. to kalokairi apofasisa na ananeoso to diploma mou odigisis apo paleou, hirografou, tipou se Evropa’i’kou. Mia apo tis formes pou mou dosane zitouse na grapso to onoma mou sta Agglika. To egrapsa me ton idio tropo pou to grafo apo tote pou efiga apo tin Ellada. Kai veveos to Ipourgeio Sigkinonion to egrapse me allo tropo pou den antistihei sto diavatirio mou…
Stin Ameriki se empistevontai mehris apodeixeos tou enantion. Stin Ellada den se empistevontai mehri na apodikseis oti prepei na se empistevontai. Gia na to apodekseis prepei na mazeveis ena terastio arithmo eggrafon kathe fora. Me alla logia, i Ameriki einai mia anoikti organosi, eno i Ellada einai mia kleisti organosi. Se ena arthro pou egrapsa me ton Duncan Holhausen me titlo “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Agent Behavior and Efficiency in Open and Closed Organizations“, deiksame oti oi kleistes organoseis einai anapotelesmatikes gia ton exis logo: Kai oi dio tipoi organosis prepei na kanoune monitor tous paragontes tous oste na apofigoun ex post atasthaleies. Oi kleistes organoseis prepei epiprosthetos na spataleisoun porous sto na eleghoun tous ipopsifious paragontes kai ex ante. Me afto tor tropo mporei na periorizoun tin eisodo se kakous tipous paragonton, alla afto den simainei oti afou proslifthoun den allazei o tipos tous. Sinepos, oi arhikoi poroi eleghou ton paragonton einai anapotelesmatikoi.
Enai poli lipiro kathe fora pou erhomai stin Ellada na vlepo tin idiotiki protovoulia na prospathei na dimiourgisei, kai to Dimosio na apotelei trohopedi, mono kai mono gia tin aftosintirisi tou.
IMF or European Subordination
And the answer, in my opinion, is IMF. Either way it is going to be costly in terms of market sentiment against Greece and higher risk premia. But the political costs of getting a loan directly from France or Germany are not only subordination to that country, in addition, they will likely include commitments from Greece to purchase overpriced military equipment from them and show them preferential treatment in procurement. Simon Johnson of MIT makes a different point that “by approaching the IMF, Greece will get a better deal from the European Union” (read his article on The Huffington Post).
May 7, 2010 update: read the following related article in Kathimerini (in Greek).
May 10, 2010 update: read the following related article in Ethnos (in Greek).
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