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mojaveman 12-09-2013 20:19

America isn't really in danger of decline
 
Josef Joffe who is a professor at Stanford University and editor of German magazine Die Zeit thinks that economically, America is doing fine and not in any danger at all.

He's more optimistic and less cynical than I am.

http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily...152512864.html

Streck-Fu 12-09-2013 20:26

Perhaps there would be calls for optimism if there were signs they would unplug the printing press.....

alelks 12-09-2013 20:46

Mark my words. Many countries of the world is going to do to us what we did to Russia and that is to try and wreck us financially.

Box 12-10-2013 04:39

we will wreck ourselves...

Dusty 12-10-2013 05:46

lol I'll go elsewhere for a pep-talk.

Joffe's a Harvardite (probably Obama's old Soduku coach), and "Die Zeit" is Germany's "Time". Leans to the left far enough to fall over.

Good intel to assimilate immediately before receiving a call from a polling agency regarding favorability of Obama's policies, though.
The timing is suspect; I don't put anything past this regime.

This Country could rebound in a few years, solidly, by emulating the Dakotas, not hanging on the fake encouragement of a left-of-center journo.

Richard 12-10-2013 08:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dusty (Post 533127)
...and "Die Zeit" is Germany's "Time". Leans to the left far enough to fall over.

I read Die Zeit, Suddeutscher Zeitung, Frankfurter Allgemeine, Der Spiegel, and Stern.

Die Zeit is actually pretty centrist and a better comparison would be to the Christian Sceince Monitor. Der Spiegel is a closer comparison to Time.

Richard

MR2 12-10-2013 09:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard (Post 533154)
I read Die Zeit, Suddeutscher Zeitung, Frankfurter Allgemeine, Der Spiegel, and Stern.

That's pretty obvious Richard... :p :D

GratefulCitizen 12-14-2013 09:29

So long as the US remains a net exporter of food, we'll be just fine.
People will trade anything and everything in order to eat.

FWIW, the US will soon be a net exporter of energy.
http://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/Lea...s=WTTNTUS2&f=W
http://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/Lea...s=WCRFPUS2&f=W
http://www.eia.gov/dnav/ng/hist/n9010us2a.htm

Pete 12-14-2013 10:18

America isn't really in danger of decline
 
America isn't really in danger of decline - and the ChiComs will never make it to the moon.

Dusty 12-14-2013 10:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard (Post 533154)

Die Zeit is actually pretty centrist
Richard

"Centrist" = "Leftist" contemporarily.

Boner and McCain are "centrists".


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