The Belgravia Dispatch: Diagnoses Without Prescriptions

April 22, 2005

Diagnoses Without Prescriptions

First Paul Volcker, now the Brookings Institution. You have to wonder where political life is in this country when people who do not have to face the voters can get credit for bold thinking by describing obvious problems without offering any solutions.

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So what? It's the political process that will need to produce a plan. They could have put together a straw proposal, but that's easier to attack.

Posted by: praktike at April 22, 2005 04:05 PM | Permalink to this comment

tHE same Paul Volker, wh drove into double digit interest rates in the 1980s; on the board of the

Power Corp; involved with Maurice Strong in

Oil for Food, that Paul Volker

Posted by: narciso at April 24, 2005 06:51 AM | Permalink to this comment

They call people like that bloggers, no?

Posted by: Doug at April 25, 2005 12:10 AM | Permalink to this comment

	Main \| Europe in Turmoil as the Dutch Vote No » April 22, 2005 Diagnoses Without Prescriptions First Paul Volcker, now the Brookings Institution. You have to wonder where political life is in this country when people who do not have to face the voters can get credit for bold thinking by describing obvious problems without offering any solutions. Posted by at April 22, 2005 10:12 AM \| TrackBack (0) Comments So what? It's the political process that will need to produce a plan. They could have put together a straw proposal, but that's easier to attack. Posted by: praktike at April 22, 2005 04:05 PM \| Permalink to this comment tHE same Paul Volker, wh drove into double digit interest rates in the 1980s; on the board of the Power Corp; involved with Maurice Strong in Oil for Food, that Paul Volker Posted by: narciso at April 24, 2005 06:51 AM \| Permalink to this comment They call people like that bloggers, no? Posted by: Doug at April 25, 2005 12:10 AM \| Permalink to this comment		Reviews of Belgravia Dispatch "Awake" --New York Times "Always-Worth Reading" --Andrew Sullivan Recent Entries A Brief (and Belated) Word on Chas Freeman What Would Real--Rather Than Rhetorical--Change in U.S. Foreign Policy Look Like? Of War, and Tent Hospitals The Obama Imperative Some Addt'l Thoughts Re: Georgia McCain: Let's Compound the Blunder! Georgia On My Mind Should We De-Emphasize The Terror Threat in U.S. Foreign Policy? (Very Belated) In-House News Straits of Hormuz Search Search this site: About the Author Email the Author English Language Media New York Times Financial Times The Economist The Times The Spectator Daily Telegraph The New Yorker Washington Post New Criterion New Republic National Review The Atlantic The American Conservative Harpers The Week The Guardian Weekly Standard The Nation WSJ Opinion Matt Drudge Real Clear Politics Foreign Affairs Commentariat Foreign Affairs Foreign Policy Le Monde Diplomatique National Interest Non-English Language Press Le Figaro Le Monde El Pais Pravda The Blogs Across the Aisle Marc Ambinder America Abroad American Footprints The American Scene Armavirumque Bainbridge Jack Balkin Becker-Posner Balloon Juice &C (TNR) Phil Carter Chequer-Board Steve Clemons Juan Cole The Corner Crooked Timber Cunning Realist Clive Davis Brad DeLong Democracy Arsensal Daniel Drezner Kevin Drum James Fallows Glenn Greenwald Nikolas Gvosdev Hendrik Hertzberg Huffington Post Mickey Kaus Mark Kleiman Joshua Landis Daniel Larison Josh Marshall Eric Martin Obsidian Wings Oxblog Foreign Policy's Passport The Plank Post Global Gideon Rachman Romenesko Laura Rozen Andrew Sullivan James Taranto Katrina vanden Heuvel Volokh Conspiracy James Wolcott Matthew Yglesias Law & Finance Barron's Bloomberg Bull and Bear Wise Calculated Risk CBS Marketwatch Contrary Investor Corporate Counsel Blog Corp Law Blog DealBreaker Deal Lawyers Blog Financial Sense Forbes Fortune Hussman Funds Bruce MacEwen Gretchen Morgenson Floyd Norris Barry Ritholz Nouriel Roubini Safe Haven SCOTUS Blog The Street 10b-5 Daily Yahoo Finance Think Tanks AEI Baker Institute Brookings Carnegie Cato CFR CSIS Heritage IISS Intl Crisis Group USIP Security Janes Fed. American Scientists Defense Tech Global Security Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Books LRB NYRB NYT Book Review Paris Review TLS Granta Grand Street Arts & Letters Daily The City Curbed Eater Gothamist NY Magazine NY Post NY Press New York Observer On The Inside Tribeca Trib Vanishing NY Village Voice Archives March 2009 January 2009 November 2008 August 2008 July 2008 May 2008 January 2008 December 2007 November 2007 October 2007 September 2007 August 2007 July 2007 June 2007 May 2007 April 2007 February 2007 January 2007 December 2006 November 2006 October 2006 September 2006 August 2006 July 2006 June 2006 May 2006 April 2006 March 2006 February 2006 January 2006 December 2005 November 2005 October 2005 September 2005 August 2005 July 2005 June 2005 Syndicate this site: Belgravia Dispatch Maintained by: www.vikeny.com Powered by

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