tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post3347073018959008289..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: What a Difference Free Markets MakeRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-60379393242582941312011-01-27T09:44:23.856-05:002011-01-27T09:44:23.856-05:00@Chris
I don't know Anonymous. I simply agree...@Chris<br /><br />I don't know Anonymous. I simply agreed with him/her that the "after" isn't AUTOMATICALLY better because of the presence of skyscrapers in it. <br /><br />Please note - I never said I didn't like skyscrapers....<br /><br />Repeat: I said they aren't "necessarily" better.<br /><br />Two different things...<br /><br />And put that way, it's Lila Rajivahttp://www.mindbodypolitic.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-8502688763686963442011-01-27T08:56:39.376-05:002011-01-27T08:56:39.376-05:00Yes, good to see they decimated a park in favour o...Yes, good to see they decimated a park in favour of skyscrapers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-67949126197705989142011-01-27T06:30:43.872-05:002011-01-27T06:30:43.872-05:00Thanks, myself and TanGeng. Looks like someone he...Thanks, myself and TanGeng. Looks like someone hearts SH in a big way.Bob Englishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14790005723107501043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-46758326247211145282011-01-27T00:53:08.689-05:002011-01-27T00:53:08.689-05:00Lila Rejiva and Anonymous you guys should move out...Lila Rejiva and Anonymous you guys should move out to Africa, there's plenty open space around here with no skyscrapers. But don't think you're going to find groceries, ipods, tvs, hospitals here either...Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-1194165898006816102011-01-26T21:33:16.381-05:002011-01-26T21:33:16.381-05:00It is a strange aesthetic that likes a more modest...It is a strange aesthetic that likes a more modest city "for" the people of the PRC. Just remember that in 1990 GDP was probably less than New York and probably many thousands of citizens died every day for want of about ninety five cents worth of aintibiotics. There was no money, manufacturing system, distribution system, trained doctors, etc.; for the vast majority of the populationMunch1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-37503413429175568592011-01-26T19:28:57.678-05:002011-01-26T19:28:57.678-05:00Bob English,
That's the aurora building. It ...Bob English,<br /><br />That's the aurora building. It has a giant video screen projection on the front. Very easily could be real. They put anything on there.<br /><br />Shanghai is a bubble, but probably not one of the bigger ones actually.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-64672923605802862252011-01-26T19:12:56.858-05:002011-01-26T19:12:56.858-05:00Hmmm...
I agree with Anonymous...
The "After...Hmmm...<br /><br />I agree with Anonymous...<br />The "After" isn't necessarily better.<br />But at least Shanghai is for real.<br /><br />I'd like to see one of those Potemkin villages that are simply facades..Lila Rajivahttp://www.mindbodypolitic.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-12818787326232595162011-01-26T18:42:39.713-05:002011-01-26T18:42:39.713-05:00Looks like a "BUBBLE" to me, typical mal...Looks like a "BUBBLE" to me, typical mal-investment by keynsian loonatics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-89494728409551917012011-01-26T16:28:50.559-05:002011-01-26T16:28:50.559-05:00According to Mark Thornton (http://mises.org/media...According to Mark Thornton (http://mises.org/media/4778), skyscrapers are not an indicator of a healthy economy but of a manipulated one which is about to bust. I don't recall exactly, but his theory was about skyscrapers which become profitable when land prices are made artificially high by the central bank.Mauriziohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00234058781177355541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-54869600217267936252011-01-26T16:05:28.504-05:002011-01-26T16:05:28.504-05:00I'll take the 1990 version any day. Green ope...I'll take the 1990 version any day. Green open space, clear skies, residential neighborhoods.<br />The 'after' -- yeech-- neon, high rises and smog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-18523185868272854832011-01-26T15:57:53.081-05:002011-01-26T15:57:53.081-05:00Bob English: believe it: http://www.flickr.com/pho...Bob English: believe it: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yining/5345715009/" rel="nofollow">http://www.flickr.com/photos/yining/5345715009/</a>English Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-13637256716609218632011-01-26T15:42:44.445-05:002011-01-26T15:42:44.445-05:00Is this in praise of easy credit?Is this in praise of easy credit?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-72718884383039462582011-01-26T14:13:32.327-05:002011-01-26T14:13:32.327-05:00They arent at all "free." That city was...They arent at all "free." That city was built by slaves.<br /><br />Watch a movie called "Manufactured Landscapes." On the surface it is presented as an eco-message depicting the enviornmental damage of heavy industry, but beneath that there is an even darker image of neo-human chattel slavery.<br /><br />The fact that we do business with them is revolting.Czaristnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-42438113808777883672011-01-26T13:59:57.478-05:002011-01-26T13:59:57.478-05:00Yeah, and Obama said:
"Meanwhile, nations li...Yeah, and Obama said:<br /><br />"Meanwhile, nations like China and India realized that with some changes of their own, they could compete in this new world. And so they started educating their children earlier and longer, with greater emphasis on math and science. They're investing in research and new technologies."<br /><br />So you see, China spent the 50 years after WWII dirt Munch1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-28518901565085144822011-01-26T13:37:54.840-05:002011-01-26T13:37:54.840-05:00Call me skeptical, but it's difficult to belie...Call me skeptical, but it's difficult to believe there's a sign 20 stories tall containing western letters that says "I [heart] SH".Bob Englishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14790005723107501043noreply@blogger.com