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Stiglitz Speak

http://www.theglobalist.com/StoryId.aspx?StoryId=8353

Well, it's good to see the Prof. agree with my perception that financial firms got more sympathy than they deserved last year and so the world of financial 'wizards' is basically back to square one.

Bring on the next financial crisis!!! Only, not too soon like in a year or two but a while from now when people have conviniently forgotten this crisis ...

Oh, and Stiglitz is optimistic ... of course, he doesn't have to live in Delhi ...

Slums, power cuts, incessant blaring of horns, marriage processions on public streets, etc. ... did I miss out any other problems of living in India ... or of living in China or any of the other places on the planet outside of the developed nations of Europe and America and Asia? Well, I guess I missed about 1,000 or 10,000 other problems which might be specific to peoples and societies ...

Cheers!

Well, I am not going to be like ... or, better still, make that, I refuse to be like Jack Nicholson in As Good As It Gets ... I mean, the misantropic part of it ... right, Geetha? Oops ...

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