Has Jeffrey Sachs changed his tune...

[Max Sawicky]

> Re Max's:  "All this psychological speculation [about Jeffrey Sachs] is
> quite beside
> the point, if the least bit of his record is known."
> 
> I dunno -- going from being the prime architect of economic "shock
> therapy" to an advocate of debt forgiveness is a switch that, to me,
> defies rational explanation.  Why not engage in a little armchair
> psychoanalysis?  The nation's very own Analysand in Chief is certainly
> getting the full treatment right now because of his equally perplexing
> behavior.

The debt position came first, was what I meant.
So he was only being consistent in that vein.

Nor is there any giant inconsistency in supporting
debt relief for Third World countries and advocating,
however wrongly, industrial-strength free market
medicine for the ex-socialist countries.  The
settings and problems are completely different.

MBS