Re: Economic reform policy: Some views and proposals

[Trond Andresen <trond.andresen@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 04:27 27.04.03 +0800, Gary Santos wrote:
>When I read Trond's thoughts, I ended my note to him with: "It will take a
>leap of faith, an era of secure peace and a new economic General Theory to
>achieve this dreamworld."

In politics and societal processes, you have to talk about things if you
want make them more realistic. Politics is very much about self-fulfilling
prophecies. Our adversaries know this very well. That is why they repeat all
the time that there are no alternatives to neoliberal policies.

If the opposition is able to agree on some important alternative proposals,
and talk about them to the public again and again, we also may exploit the
dynamics of self-fulfilling prophecies.

Trond Andresen