> If you can get away with giant deficits with little negative
> consequences, you are living better than you can otherwise. You
> borrow & consume more than others; others save & produce for you.
:->
> Only the hegemon can get away with such profligacy. U.S.
imperialism
> is alive & kicking.
>
> Yoshie
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Indeed, this is the big problem; that they've got a renewed sense of
purpose after the drift of the past decade. Last week was a big monkey
wrench in anti-imperialist activism that had sprung up in 'the North'
in the past few years....:-(
Ian