tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4251777016037497783.post7710779524374099364..comments2023-12-14T20:02:51.470-06:00Comments on The Heavy Anglophile Orthodox: For and against MilbankMatthew Franklin Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15233216128641267240noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4251777016037497783.post-27711830631058254542016-06-29T16:29:08.177-05:002016-06-29T16:29:08.177-05:00Precisely my point. Predatory lending and unfair t...Precisely my point. Predatory lending and unfair trade policies undermine the sovereignty of nations like Greece, for the sake of a handful of financiers and German corporate executives. <br /><br />The EU is mired in the sins which cry to heaven for vengeance, those decried with particular vehemence by the Cappadocian Fathers, and God will judge it accordingly.Matthew Franklin Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15233216128641267240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4251777016037497783.post-24988174547362709642016-06-28T12:18:24.783-05:002016-06-28T12:18:24.783-05:00Can Greece ever be sovereign with all the debt the...Can Greece ever be sovereign with all the debt they are in?Matthew Celestinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02874430461346560520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4251777016037497783.post-23526216150119453002016-06-27T16:24:15.853-05:002016-06-27T16:24:15.853-05:00Sovereignty, dear Matthew, is very much a realist ...Sovereignty, dear Matthew, is very much a realist concern - and unlike the Concert of Vienna, certain European federal institutions actively undermine the economic and fiscal sovereignty of their member-states. I'm actually still baffled by why Greece didn't take the option to cut herself loose from Germany when it was presented.<br /><br />And like I said, it's still my hope that Brexit emboldens the long-embattled and long-impoverished European East and South to show the Germans some backbone: either to get better trade deals, or debt relief, or greater fiscal sovereignty without EC/IMF strings attached - or leave.Matthew Franklin Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15233216128641267240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4251777016037497783.post-71599302401286136472016-06-25T16:43:41.696-05:002016-06-25T16:43:41.696-05:00It's all well engaging in intellectual ponderi...It's all well engaging in intellectual ponderings about Brexit when you don't have to live with the economic consequences of it.<br /><br />One can make a theoretical case for a progressive left-wing exit from the EU, but how such an idealized departure could work out in the realities of today's political and economic climate is another matter.<br /><br />Maybe I'm a too much of a realist, but I like to see the policy details. I've no time for dreaming about how things ought to be.Matthew Celestinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02874430461346560520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4251777016037497783.post-47682708144944261652016-06-25T14:12:59.026-05:002016-06-25T14:12:59.026-05:00I'll enter my comment on facebook. I certainly...I'll enter my comment on facebook. I certainly sympathize with your point of view, for the record. Paul Grenierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11465767746914113525noreply@blogger.com