Comments for Can the European Welfare State Survive? Can National Public Radio Survive? at http://www.cepr.net , comment 1 to 10 out of 10 comments http://www.cepr.net Sat, 25 May 2013 23:56:57 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/can-the-european-welfare-state-survive-can-national-public-radio-survive#comment-1641 Well, we got rid of our welfare state in 1996, and look how well the nation has prospered ever since! - DHFabian Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:34:18 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/can-the-european-welfare-state-survive-can-national-public-radio-survive#comment-1587 I believe, as of July 2010, most forecasters expect US growth to be about 3 per cent not the two per cent you (Dean) give from CBO. This is true of the IMF and UN, and private forecasters like the Economist Intelligence Unit and Consensus Economics. Also the lack of demand in Europe is the result of limited fiscal stimulus due to debt concerns related to the welfare state. So I think this criticism of NPR is unjustified. - Robert Shelburne Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:16:22 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/can-the-european-welfare-state-survive-can-national-public-radio-survive#comment-1523 ... and very, very dangerous junk. - Union Member Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:28:52 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/can-the-european-welfare-state-survive-can-national-public-radio-survive#comment-1511 I had to turn my radio off and leave the house as the NPR segment you shred here ended. Let's just say that the unchecked and blatant misinformation being broadcast really got my Boston Irish up! The quality of NPR's economics/business reporting has gone from vapidly inoffensive to aggressively hostile to reason, fact and history. The local affiliate here in Portland, OR is even worse. - William Hurley Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:58:40 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/can-the-european-welfare-state-survive-can-national-public-radio-survive#comment-1509 I wonder how long it will take for this country to realize what a huge mistake it was to "reform" our health care system by leaving it to the tender mercies of private for-profit insurance companies and how much money could be saved by following Europe's lead and instituting a publically controlled system. I would guess at least a couple generations - plenty of time for corporations to even more completely take over the reins of our government. - Queen of Sheba Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:12:15 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/can-the-european-welfare-state-survive-can-national-public-radio-survive#comment-1505 NPR's reporting on economic issues is so consistently bad and so consistently skewed conservative that we should be asking whether the slant is intentional. For years, its management has grown steadily more conservative. Despite popular representations, its lead reporters have never been especially liberal (or obviously conservative, with exceptions like Juan Williams). On balance I'd say that the obvious conclusion is that NPR treats economic reporting much as the Wall Street Journal treats its editorials -- as a forum for advocacy rather than journalism. - Hugh Sansom Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:11:58 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/can-the-european-welfare-state-survive-can-national-public-radio-survive#comment-1504 "It is almost inconceivable that NPR could do a piece referring to Europe's weak growth and not note this fact." I don't think that word means what you think it means. - catclub Wed, 14 Jul 2010 06:53:37 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/can-the-european-welfare-state-survive-can-national-public-radio-survive#comment-1503 In a "free-market", "democratic" system, money flows where the profit is. The theory of pure free markets, which is used to justify some of the more nonsensical assertions which are common in public economic discourse, assumes that the only competition is in price and product quality. Actually, those who run larger enterprises seem to find that their profit is better maximized by spending money on product advertising and to buy influence in the media and the political system. One thing that big-money interests have spent a lot of money and effort on has been imposing restraints on and buying influence in "public" radio and TV, to make sure that their views get maximum exposure and independent views are minimized. They will continue to do this, and also to try to bring the internet under the control of big business. - skeptonomist Wed, 14 Jul 2010 03:58:57 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/can-the-european-welfare-state-survive-can-national-public-radio-survive#comment-1501 So...if we read between the lines, Europe is doing quite well! Thank you very much! That's what we want, slow growth, or no growth! Growth can't continue forever! Time for a new paradigm, and we will have to learn to pull ourselves out of recession without rampant growth. - Richard Wed, 14 Jul 2010 02:30:15 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/can-the-european-welfare-state-survive-can-national-public-radio-survive#comment-1498 Once there was a symptom For which there was no cause Which had to have a reason In austerity faith religion It had to be supply The source of all sin We have met the enemy It's us deep within Give up the vices Slothful welfare states Cast off socialism Insufferable ingrates Demand will not return Until you see the light The symptom is not the cause It's predatory parasites No not us, the rentier class We mean you, the vampire mass Bloodsucking life from supply side shoots You killed demand with vampire welfare boots - izzatzo Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:27:10 +0100