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Re:Andy Grove Essay Commentary by Tyler Cowen by Estragon on Monday July 05, 2010 @12:17PM (#1488524)
The real problem with Grove's suggestions is that he ignores the issues which led to this economic downturn in the first place: rampant avarice, ignorance and corruption. There can be no meaningful improvement to US fortunes until those issues are substantially corrected.
Re:Andy Grove Essay Commentary by Tyler Cowen by jacoblyles on Monday July 05, 2010 @01:07PM (#1488624)
You talk as if rampant avarice, ignorance and corruption were invented in 2005 and weren't with us during last 150 years of dazzling increases in prosperity.
Re:Andy Grove Essay Commentary by Tyler Cowen by SkyMarshal on Monday July 05, 2010 @02:52PM (#1488826)
Throw in systematic deregulation of all financial safeguards, massive speculation leading to a debt bubble, and then it's obviously a problem.
Re:Andy Grove Essay Commentary by Tyler Cowen by Estragon on Monday July 05, 2010 @01:39PM (#1488683)
They weren't operating on the current scale.
Re:Andy Grove Essay Commentary by Tyler Cowen by glhaynes on Monday July 05, 2010 @01:08PM (#1488626)
Seems like the world's run on avarice, ignorance, and corruption for a long time.