tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post929323985491218069..comments2024-03-28T10:07:24.955-04:00Comments on Northern Reflections: Lies, Damned Lies and StatisticsOwen Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-540115704202722272012-10-10T15:21:47.457-04:002012-10-10T15:21:47.457-04:00I enjoy Himmelfarb's work immensely, Lorne. I ...I enjoy Himmelfarb's work immensely, Lorne. I have bookmarked his blog -- where the piece in The Star is also posted.<br /><br />There are a number of quotable passages; but I was particularly struck by this one:<br /><br />"We are not simply talking about our market economy, but more our conversion to a market society in which money can buy almost anything, we are more consumer than citizen, and inequalities and their corrosiveness grow, undermining solidarity and any sense of a common good."<br /><br />As the Ontario government quivers -- afraid of the bond rating agencies -- we need to remember that those very agencies gave worthless securities grade A ratings.<br /><br />So why do we bow and scrape before them?Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-73628952857936545252012-10-10T14:32:03.914-04:002012-10-10T14:32:03.914-04:00Owen, there is a very interesting piece in today&#...Owen, there is a very interesting piece in today's Star by Alex Himelfarb that explores the development of the 'market mentality' that pervades our government and many others, facilitating the kind of self-regulation the harper regime has embraced with such relish. It is well-worth reading: http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1268708--governing-in-the-dark-bargain-basement-citizenshipLornehttp://www.politicsanditsdiscontents.blogspot.canoreply@blogger.com