CAPITALISM AND RESPONSEBILITY
By Vladimir Gligorov
Hey, it's your money, I mean, I'm just holding it for you, you know.
Like a bank. Except that, you know, better than a bank because, you know, banks are always
knocked off. And no one knocks off old Tony. (Leon)
What caused the financial crisis, too many regulations or insufficient
control? Is the market or the state to blame? Capitalism or socialism? We shall firstly
discuss the inconsequence of those blaming too many regulations for the crisis and then
the problems facing those that advocate for stronger state control. Finally, we shall
discuss intellectual responsibility of liberals and neo-liberals. Many who take that
specific regulation of... More
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IN THE SHADOW OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS
"Capitalism without bankruptcy is like Christianity without
hell"
By Miša Brkic
Does the crash of the global financial system have the effect of the
fall of the Berlin Wall? Or, to put it more precisely, will capitalism break down too
almost twenty years after the fall of communism? From the perspective of October 2008,
anti-globalists' gloating over the death of capitalism seems exaggerated despite the fact
that the system of private ownership, competition and market economy has been seriously
shaken. The awareness that capitalism should be urgently reconfigured (reshaped) rather
than thrown in... More
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Serbia and Regional
(In)stability
ANGER AND CALCULATION
OF MILOSEVIC'S SERBIA
By Ivan Torov
As times go by since the hysterical and revengeful expulsion of
Montenegrin and Macedonian ambassadors it seems that all the actors of the latest,
overdramatized Balkan crisis, covertly or overtly but still complacently rub their hands.
They are probably convinced that everything could have ended in a more dramatic and
dangerous way. Serbia's top-ranking officials believe that their diplomatic action has
showed neighbors what they think about them and manifested who's who in the region of the
so-called Western Balkans... More
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