Tuesday, July 12, 2011

The Global Temper Tantrum

Niall Ferguson, Newsweek
Riot police at a protest against austerity measures in Athens on June 28, 2011.This is the age of indignation. Politics in the Western world are becoming more emotional"”because our problems are so intractable.Recently a Chilean friend of mine was at a bullfight in Barcelona, where a spectator threw a bottle at one of the picadors. The police duly arrested the bottle thrower. But as he was led away, the crowd began to boo the policemen and to chant "Libertad! Libertad!"This captures the illogical mood of the moment. Leave aside your feelings about...

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/07/12/the_global_temper_tantrum_259175.html

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