Comments on: Pratap Chatterjee http://antiwar.com/radio/2009/03/19/pratap-chatterjee/ Interviews of foreign policy experts, writers and activists. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:43:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Monkey D. Luffy http://antiwar.com/radio/2009/03/19/pratap-chatterjee/comment-page-1/#comment-4206 Monkey D. Luffy Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:40:15 +0000 http://antiwar.com/radio/?p=2675#comment-4206 It is amazing how many people keep their head in the sand about capitalism. As if the greed that is the directly result of free market capitalism, somehow is an aberration. Well it isn't any more than the communism in the world is an aberration from what Marx envisioned. The truth is that the corporations Chatterjee mentions were fleecing the government are no different than Bernie Madoff fleecing investors, or Enron, or the AIG bonuses and 100 cents on the dollar for its insured corporations, or the sub-prime predatory lending schemes by Citigroup. This is the direct result of unfettered capitalism. This system only works when regulations and enforcement are in place. Once these are removed, you get what you see today. It is amazing how many people keep their head in the sand about capitalism. As if the greed that is the directly result of free market capitalism, somehow is an aberration. Well it isn’t any more than the communism in the world is an aberration from what Marx envisioned. The truth is that the corporations Chatterjee mentions were fleecing the government are no different than Bernie Madoff fleecing investors, or Enron, or the AIG bonuses and 100 cents on the dollar for its insured corporations, or the sub-prime predatory lending schemes by Citigroup. This is the direct result of unfettered capitalism. This system only works when regulations and enforcement are in place. Once these are removed, you get what you see today.

]]> By: Dev http://antiwar.com/radio/2009/03/19/pratap-chatterjee/comment-page-1/#comment-4160 Dev Sat, 21 Mar 2009 06:20:50 +0000 http://antiwar.com/radio/?p=2675#comment-4160 A foreign scholar about to deliver a lecture on South Asia at a top Republican think tank in Washington DC in the summer of 1998 was secretively told by one local scholar that "the invasion and occupation of Iraq" was being discussed and planned at the think tank at the time. That was a full three years before 9/11. A foreign scholar about to deliver a lecture on South Asia at a top Republican think tank in Washington DC in the summer of 1998 was secretively told by one local scholar that “the invasion and occupation of Iraq” was being discussed and planned at the think tank at the time. That was a full three years before 9/11.

]]> By: Moses http://antiwar.com/radio/2009/03/19/pratap-chatterjee/comment-page-1/#comment-4159 Moses Sat, 21 Mar 2009 05:05:31 +0000 http://antiwar.com/radio/?p=2675#comment-4159 Hi Scott, it's remarkable not only how informative your interviews are but also the intellectual depth and rigour you bring to each discussion. I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your show and the way it has educated and illuminated my understanding of the world. Kind regards Moses DAVID Hi Scott,
it’s remarkable not only how informative your interviews are but also the intellectual depth and rigour you bring to each discussion. I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your show and the way it has educated and illuminated my understanding of the world.

Kind regards
Moses DAVID

]]> By: Graeme http://antiwar.com/radio/2009/03/19/pratap-chatterjee/comment-page-1/#comment-4157 Graeme Sat, 21 Mar 2009 02:04:45 +0000 http://antiwar.com/radio/?p=2675#comment-4157 Yeah, except Chatterjee's right. Yeah, except Chatterjee’s right.

]]> By: Timn8ter http://antiwar.com/radio/2009/03/19/pratap-chatterjee/comment-page-1/#comment-4156 Timn8ter Sat, 21 Mar 2009 01:55:45 +0000 http://antiwar.com/radio/?p=2675#comment-4156 Hi Scott. I understand the interview was not an economics discussion but I do appreciate that you didn't let him get away with the ludicrous comment about "free market capitalism". Did I hear you choke when he made that comment? Good job as usual. Thanks. Hi Scott.
I understand the interview was not an economics discussion but I do appreciate that you didn’t let him get away with the ludicrous comment about “free market capitalism”. Did I hear you choke when he made that comment? Good job as usual. Thanks.

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