tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3979501558241561585.post1073477041609760868..comments2023-11-02T07:09:21.601-07:00Comments on Local or Express?: The Real ProblemRobin Aronsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03080623538120396969noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3979501558241561585.post-63288571988272446252009-09-29T14:22:04.927-07:002009-09-29T14:22:04.927-07:00I hear that. I expect they, the corporate hoo-has,...I hear that. I expect they, the corporate hoo-has, think the piecemeal approach will protect short term quarterly returns. Only what will money buy us when we're fighting wars over water?Robin Aronsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03080623538120396969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3979501558241561585.post-72266683686450389762009-09-29T10:53:33.428-07:002009-09-29T10:53:33.428-07:00The Krugman column comes 2 weeks after I read an e...The Krugman column comes 2 weeks after I read an essay by George Shultz called "Protecting the Golden Moment" (from "The World Crisis: The Way Forward After Iraq"). He cites global warming as one of the challenges to a prosperous global economy, but says (infuriatingly) that "the only feasible way to move ahead with global warming is to act piecemeal." What hypocrisy--in the corporate world that I inhabit (and that Shultz no doubt supports), there is frequent talk of "transformation," that bold action effects change and results. And yet a "piecemeal" approach will save us from imminent catastrophe.roninoreply@blogger.com