Introduction
Concordianism is purified Capitalism, 100% Capitalism - as well as purified Socialism. Concordianism shares some of the goals, but none of the means of Socialism. In Concordianism, the Government - rather than the State - democratically decides on the rules of the road, and lets the Market 100% free to operate within those rules.
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Concordianism is the result of the fusion of the thought of Keynes and Hayek. In Concordianism, there is not even a scent of the bloviation of Hegel and Marx. Faithful Marxists have not yet realized that Marx was a sociologist and a philosopher: he was not an economist. Once he conceded that “labor is a
book, beyond war which examines america s role in a middle east. and the former ambassador to iraq. now dean at the school of international studies at the university of denver. christopher, let me start with you. how much pressure at this point is the u.s. government putting on the egyptian military? i think the u.s. government has signaled that the cancellation of the exercises is just the beginning. that they are going to review other programs, including the substantial assistance amounts that the military gets every year i would caution against the view that somehow the egyptian military is therefore going to change how it is handling this. this is considered a real life and death make or break struggle that has to do with the future of the country. i don t think $1.4 billion is really going to change their attitudes. so i think it is a really tough
u.s. ambassador and served for middle east policy and david rhode author of the new book beyond war which examines america s role in a middle changing east. thank you both for being here this afternoon. thanks. david, i want to start with you. these closures of these embassies have been called unprecedented. what kind of information would lead to a response like this? i think it is something very significant. some kind of intercepts from senior al qaeda leaders and no warning since the killing of osama bin laden in may of 2011. something serious they ve heard. i also think this is the reaction of the benghazi scandal. the administration does want to look like it s lax on security and not being aggressive enough. i think they re also being very, very broad in terms of shutting down so many embassies to be careful politically. if something else were to happen, of course, a lot of people critical of not having done enough. mark, i want to turn to you on this. we heard a lot over
also, author of the new book beyond war. david, let me start with you what looks like could have been a peaceful transition of pow were now has the potential to continue to explode in a big way in egypt. you wrote last week that the arab spring is essentially just getting started. quote, arab rulers and u.s. officials are both mistaken if they think they can rely on generals and regents to produce long-term stability. is that what we are seeing in egypt right now? yeah. and this is a military crackdown. the word clashes was used earlier in the broadcast. these were unarmed demonstrators. we re looking at like 60 people dead, hundreds wounded, you know, fired on by a military government. if this had happened in tehran you would outrage statements from the white house and from washington. when it s our friends in the egyptian military we re a lot quieter. young people across the middle
government and the rebels to name some kind of interim government. i don t know if that s going to work, but kerry has maybe bought the administration a little bit of time in terms of what to do next in syria. and maybe now, you know, the administration can push rush about really delivering. will they block a u.n. security council resolution, which they ve done over and over again, and they can kind of test putin, is he really going to help or not. let s turn to the benghazi controversy in your new book, beyond war, you examine america s role in a changing middle east. given the fighting in d.c. over foreign policy, how is the perception of the united states? how is it changing in countries like libya and like syria? i think the scale of the sort of political fight in the wake of this incident in benghazi, it emboldens islamists. if they kill a few americans on the ground in benghazi, it paralyzes our government, prevents our diplomats from going out there. i have less concerns a