German Green Fiscal Discipline (was Re: Analysis of the U.S. Greens)

Jim heartfield jim at heartfield.demon.co.uk
Wed Sep 6 07:42:08 PDT 2000



>Johannes Schneider wrote:
>>In the whole discussion its the Greens that have taken the traditional role
>>of the FDP demanding 'budget discipline'.

There is a basic correspondence between the green ideology of limits and the capitalist ideology of budget limits. Paul Mattick makes this point in his article Kapitalismus und Ökologie Jahrbuch Arbeiterbewegung 4, Fischer Taschenbuch, Frankfurt am Main, 1976.

-- James Heartfield

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