America isn't really in danger of decline

mojaveman · 12-09-2013, 20:19

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

...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