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tragicomic if not typical, to see politicians removed from the first policy discourse about the answers should be given to the current crisis. It's what they've done this week so-called progressive leaders world to find ways that help fight they believe politics of fear. (progressive world leaders look for ways to combat the politics of fear. 14.12.2010. The Country)
The proponents of this meeting used very broadly the concept of enlightenment, but in this era of volatile concepts is not surprising. It should be a politician like Bill Clinton, who in his term (1993-2001) helped to deregulate the economy through its economic arm. Alan Greenspan (Fed Chairman between 1987-2006) did not hesitate to encourage inventiveness of large financial firms in the process of creating all kinds of derivatives, one of the factors commonly accepted as a trigger for the crisis. In addition, the game developers seem to forget that the two major political parties alternated in power in the U.S. no sign of significant differences regarding fundamental questions of his political program, located in the center-right ideologically. It is ironic that Mr. Bill Clinton identified with progressivism. The sociologist Werner Sombart explains very well why socialism did not take hold in the country on the classic American Why no socialism in the U.S.? , partly because U.S. policy is a market influences and not a representation of ideals. The intricate network of patronage fixed between the two political parties is of sufficient depth to make it virtually impossible to access the power of any other qualifications other than the two major parties, Democrat and Republican. Identify progress with the policies of the Democratic Party and in particular with Bill Clinton, like a free license. matched by progress to Felipe Gonzalez is also an idea that at least has to be quarantined. The operations of privatization of public enterprises began to be important in Spain from the year 85, during the first term of the PSOE. By that year there were approximately about 1,000 enterprises. Over 20 years later almost all of them have been transferred to national or international private sector through various privatization processes. A vital player in the process of emptying State was, in fact, Felipe Gonzalez. I'm not saying that is not necessary restructuring and reorganization of the English public sector at that time. The dictatorship was isolated by gravity to the English economy. Slide push was needed real profitability criteria aimed at changing the entrepreneurial mindset that existed in those years, including principles of competitiveness and openness to international markets with a view to transforming a business network closed in on itself. It was obvious we needed a more dynamic economic sector. What I say is to identify strategies of privatization as a panacea was and is wrong and has very little progress since it is one of the characteristics of this type of globalization. Evidentemete privatization strategy was not exclusive to Spain, across Europe began to spread this kind of behavior, regardless of political party in power following the trail marked by the conservative government of M. Thatcher. The goal of getting into Europe (this progressive and united Europe that we have been sold but would not survive a rigorous analysis of social coverage) accelerated the privatization process. It was a sure way of income that allowed the performance of two of the Maastricht criteria (public debt below 60% of GDP and public deficit below 3% of GNP). The government of José María Aznar took it to great effect to justify the privatization of a biased way. During that time abounded biased statements and articles from the ideological point of view, keeping arguments as general as that; privatization is a neoliberal trend, but an economic policy necessary to strengthen the state to redirect its activities towards the common good . The common good is essentially to create conditions of peace, justice and freedom for individual members of society do their personal aspirations ( Why privatize?. R. Papillon Olmedo. The Country. 23.01.1997)
As globalization has advanced, in particular, this kind of globalization is the market hub, the power of states has been eroded significantly. The reason, public institutions have conspired to facilitate and pave the way for general economic deregulation. Paradoxically, in the process of dismantling the power of the state, social democracy has had a fundamental role. The lack of innovative ideas on the left before the Berlin Wall and the emergence of the Third Way provided measures to please the markets, lower taxes for the upper classes, cancellation of property State-owned enterprises to facilitate the free movement of goods and capital markets, fiscal discipline rail, successive reforms of the labor market designed to lower the dismissal of precarious employment and to reduce the power of trade unions, etc. This is precisely what is happening today in Spain under the leadership of a leftist party. What an example of liberalism! The basic weapon of social democratic parties, State power has been neutralized because the parties themselves as social democrats have allowed the age of globalization.
But most of all on whom you can attribute the greater effort into disrepute policies left is Tony Blair during his decade of government in the UK. As a promoter of the creed of the Third Way by Anthony Giddens developed, contributed to the leftist parties embrace the economic policies pursued by the right, based on the fundamental belief that economic growth was the main factor to be taken into account and the tool achieving this would be the main market liberalization. Clive Hamilton puts it so eloquently in Chapter 5 of his book The growth fetish. After the fall of the Berlin Wall was destabilized left and was not able to propose an alternative. With the political agenda Blair, finally took the step to blur the differences in economic policy with the conservative parties. At the same time the social democratic parties abandoned the ideas of progress based on equality, social justice, eradication of inequalities in income between different social groups, etc. And today is more certain than ever that the conventional wisdom expressed by saying that there are no ideologies, left and right are the same. If the current left-wing parties would like to regain its credibility and become actors in the output of the current economic situation, should recover the idea of \u200b\u200bprogress based on equality and social justice and incorporate your ideas environmentalism, abandoning the philosophy that progress is the technological innovation, wealth accumulation, economic growth at any cost and market preeminence over all things.
not know what kind of useful insights into the need to provide an output based on leftist politics to the current events may emanate from a forum where its members are responsible for the outrage of the left parties. And in any case, if this conclave widely publicized in the media out some action to take, any proposal to implement a program or policy to implement, would doubt its legitimacy.
Photo 1: Why is there no socialism in the U.S.?. Werner Sombart.
Photo 2: The fetish of growth. Clive Hamilton.
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