tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11282727.post6905786881701762873..comments2024-03-09T04:13:53.858-06:00Comments on Accidental Deliberations: New column dayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11282727.post-31188919770439820122015-07-09T19:43:56.282-06:002015-07-09T19:43:56.282-06:00All too true. I'll add only that your take on ...All too true. I'll add only that your take on the EU largely matches mine on trade agreements: there's plenty of reason to match standards and deal with actual avoidable trade barriers, but instead of doing that the corporate class insists on giving itself the right to sue governments for making policy choices in the public interest. Greg Fingashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01506686081291502115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11282727.post-19813726059236717672015-07-09T11:22:15.594-06:002015-07-09T11:22:15.594-06:00All in all, the EU wasn't too terrible an idea...All in all, the EU wasn't too terrible an idea when it was mostly just a really big standards body. Having everyone agree on what was OK to put in food or whatever, so if it can be sold in Italy it can be exported to Belgium and still be legal, was almost certainly a net positive.<br /><br />The Euro was a terrible idea, although that was not too obvious at the time. And having the whole structure mostly run by bankers and technocrats with very little democratic oversight was a ludicrously bad idea that would never have flown if neoliberalism hadn't already given bankers and technocrats way too much power and appearance of legitimacy.Purple library guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01930984683714519212noreply@blogger.com