Wednesday, February 25, 2009

POLICY: There Will Be Blood says Niall Furgeson, author Ascent of Money, to Globe & Mail. Canada will get it worse than the US...

HEATHER SCOFFIELD
G
lobe and Mail Update
February 23, 2009 at 6:45 PM EST
Harvard author and financial crisis guru Niall Ferguson has landed with a thud in Ottawa, spreading messages that could make even the most confident policy makers squirm.
The global crisis is far from over, has only just begun, and Canada is no exception, Mr. Ferguson said in an interview before delivering a presentation to public-policy think tank, Canada 2020.
Policy makers and forecasters who see a recovery next year are probably lying to boost public confidence, he said. And the crisis will eventually provoke political conflict, albeit not on the scale of a world war, but violent all the same.
“There will be blood.”
The Buy America penchant pushed by the U.S. Congress in passing the recent stimulus bill was only the tip of the iceberg.
Abu Dhabi buying Nova Chemicals at bargain-basement prices on Monday is a sign of things to come, with financial power quickly being transferred over to the world's creditors – namely sovereign wealth funds – and away from the world's debtors.

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Niall Furgeson's UTube piece on his outstanding best seller, The Ascent of Money-REZAC RECOMMENDS TO CYP's.
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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Furgeson's book is a must read, his PBS documentary ought to be required ciriculum in colleges and high schools.