tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7511163176410365484.post2413926137933547042..comments2024-03-16T07:16:24.301+00:00Comments on Global Economics And Structures: Hopelessness At The Bottom Of The PitTamashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11641190007103495073noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7511163176410365484.post-34598131115025518662010-08-20T08:40:43.832+01:002010-08-20T08:40:43.832+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.hakan altanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09949805075299293022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7511163176410365484.post-13581741691151304222009-04-12T23:43:00.000+01:002009-04-12T23:43:00.000+01:00@Dragon_tamer: Unless of course there is nothing t...@Dragon_tamer: Unless of course there is nothing to save these countries with. You rightly claim that geopolitics is to stay even during a crisis, but surely it will be constrained by the size of the purse where the money comes from.Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7511163176410365484.post-82677611060534744862009-04-12T14:59:00.000+01:002009-04-12T14:59:00.000+01:00A little scare mongering for Easter?There is no wa...A little scare mongering for Easter?<BR/><BR/>There is no way the US will let Ukraine fall. There is no way the EU will let Iceland or Hungary fall. Geopolitics is geopolitics, even amidst a crisis.dragon_tamernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7511163176410365484.post-56520682378707763932009-04-12T01:17:00.000+01:002009-04-12T01:17:00.000+01:00@Gergo:Saving rates are a tricky thing. They could...@Gergo:<BR/><BR/>Saving rates are a tricky thing. They could, and do, work both ways in this crisis.Tamashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11641190007103495073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7511163176410365484.post-11146510932356146712009-04-12T01:12:00.000+01:002009-04-12T01:12:00.000+01:00@Anonymous first comment: I agree that the devalua...@Anonymous first comment: I agree that the devaluation game will go way beyond the emerging markets. This will be a sort of Race-To-Devalue.<BR/><BR/>If it will really happen in earnest, the consequences will be really bad: this will be a real global currency tragedy of commons game. The upside is that in this scenario arguing for a new currency framework (which I expect to be inevitable at one Tamashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11641190007103495073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7511163176410365484.post-17593265897443126832009-04-09T13:01:00.000+01:002009-04-09T13:01:00.000+01:00One question: does the previous domestic savings /...One question: does the previous domestic savings / saving-rates in these countries make any difference? Or you are talking about an 'emerging phase' when these are negligible / weak / non-existent?<BR/><BR/>And a comment re-'the fall':<BR/><BR/>l’important c’est pas la chute : <BR/>--c’est l’atterissage..<BR/><BR/>GergoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7511163176410365484.post-41909951544002702832009-04-09T10:58:00.000+01:002009-04-09T10:58:00.000+01:00nice piece.yet,should the title not read instead: ...nice piece.<BR/><BR/>yet,should the title not read instead: hopelessness amidst the fall?beenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7511163176410365484.post-49823923933592620892009-04-09T10:57:00.000+01:002009-04-09T10:57:00.000+01:00Interesting post... it would seem though that the ...Interesting post... it would seem though that the currency devaluation game is global and not restricted to emerging markets (look at the Swiss)<BR/><BR/>Considering that some emerging countries that are highly indebted in foreign currency and thus are limited in their capacity to devalue, one could even argue that the emerging world is going to lose, rahter than gain competitiveness in such a "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com