tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post4809573494581510187..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: On the brink of disasterIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-72375933451486082162008-04-01T09:36:00.000-04:002008-04-01T09:36:00.000-04:00While I certainly appreciate the ability to read e...While I certainly appreciate the ability to read entire articles on TAE instead of going to the source websites, I do wonder if it doesn't leave TAE open to potential liability. The Oil Drum and many other similar sites disallow the posting of entire articles, and merely blurbs and small quotes to prevent legal troubles. Will TAE end up having to do similar soon? While I don't like having to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-872755452842396172008-04-01T08:54:00.000-04:002008-04-01T08:54:00.000-04:00Many commentators say "next great depression," oth...Many commentators say "next great depression," others say "not like the great depression."<BR/><BR/>I agree with the latter. In the tired phrase, "History doesn't repeat, it rhymes."<BR/><BR/>this is not going to be like the great depression because the great depression ended.<BR/><BR/>this next "downturn" has no chance of recovering to the levels they've fallen away from. there are too many Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-17681801878340641552008-04-01T08:23:00.000-04:002008-04-01T08:23:00.000-04:00I'm not applauding this article or congratulating ...I'm not applauding this article or congratulating the MSM.<BR/><BR/>This is a crumb to the masses that have so far been told that everything is fine.<BR/><BR/>Now Sloan says, "well, you're right, everything isn't fine - but it will be!"<BR/><BR/>Though I do like the last two paragraphs, where Alan tells us that we have lost our Superpower status and we'll be grovelling for the next decades. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-56922997487534594162008-04-01T05:50:00.000-04:002008-04-01T05:50:00.000-04:00I couldn't sleep after the Fed proposals. Got up t...I couldn't sleep after the Fed proposals. Got up to write on this blog when I opened the article from Fortune. Which " we" is Mr Sloan refering to? Why is it inevitable that " the taxpayer"( read underclass) should pick up the tab? They are broke, carrying an already mountainous load of personal debt. How exactly will the taxpayer clear up trillions more? Is that the ugly part?<BR/>Years ago I scandiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924260428840006237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-8536819002996444812008-03-31T21:29:00.000-04:002008-03-31T21:29:00.000-04:00I too was surprised to read this in the mainstream...I too was surprised to read this in the mainstream media today. Wow. Scary. But good that it's coming out. People are starting to get the message perhaps?<BR/><BR/>I read your blog every day, often checking back for comments. Came over from Sharon's blog. Thanks for educating me a lot. We're doing the best we can. Have backup plans if/when the time comes. We'll survive and thrive, I haveLisa Zahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17491596171533559615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-84523307491742261232008-03-31T21:06:00.000-04:002008-03-31T21:06:00.000-04:00I was amazed at this kind of analysis on the mains...I was amazed at this kind of analysis on the mainstream media, of all places, on Fortune!!<BR/><BR/>I think Bernanke and his predecessors have killed the confidence on the system and therefore killed the US Dollar... a shame!! This kind of reputation took so many years and efforts to build and they are squandering it all away! (yes, not only them but they are the faces right now).<BR/><BR/>I am vocnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06906308539730263207noreply@blogger.com