Comments on: My five minutes of fame http://blogs.cfr.org/setser/2008/09/13/my-five-minutes-of-fame/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:40:10 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: bsetser http://blogs.cfr.org/setser/2008/09/13/my-five-minutes-of-fame/#comment-112840 bsetser Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:46:51 +0000 http://blogs.cfr.org/setser/2008/09/13/my-five-minutes-of-fame/#comment-112840 buzz -- good point. the monitor with the video feed was well below the camera, and it was hard not to look at the video feed and look only at the camera and trust the voice cues buzz — good point. the monitor with the video feed was well below the camera, and it was hard not to look at the video feed and look only at the camera and trust the voice cues

]]> By: Buzz P http://blogs.cfr.org/setser/2008/09/13/my-five-minutes-of-fame/#comment-112839 Buzz P Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:44:37 +0000 http://blogs.cfr.org/setser/2008/09/13/my-five-minutes-of-fame/#comment-112839 Brad - looked good - sounded good (voice quality, not content - you're always good there) - one note: see how the other two guys held their heads level, while you seem to have your chin down slightly and as a result your eyes are angled to look directly at camera - keep your chin level, and you'll be happier with your look on camera Brad – looked good – sounded good (voice quality, not content – you’re always good there) – one note: see how the other two guys held their heads level, while you seem to have your chin down slightly and as a result your eyes are angled to look directly at camera – keep your chin level, and you’ll be happier with your look on camera

]]> By: Carlo Ponti http://blogs.cfr.org/setser/2008/09/13/my-five-minutes-of-fame/#comment-112630 Carlo Ponti Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:21:29 +0000 http://blogs.cfr.org/setser/2008/09/13/my-five-minutes-of-fame/#comment-112630 Good thing you only used up 5 minutes of your allotment. You still have 10 left (at least according to Warhol) Good thing you only used up 5 minutes of your allotment. You still have 10 left (at least according to Warhol)

]]> By: Simon http://blogs.cfr.org/setser/2008/09/13/my-five-minutes-of-fame/#comment-112610 Simon Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:25:23 +0000 http://blogs.cfr.org/setser/2008/09/13/my-five-minutes-of-fame/#comment-112610 Good to see the anchor give special thanks for content. Good to see the anchor give special thanks for content.

]]> By: bsetser http://blogs.cfr.org/setser/2008/09/13/my-five-minutes-of-fame/#comment-112595 bsetser Sun, 14 Sep 2008 13:20:12 +0000 http://blogs.cfr.org/setser/2008/09/13/my-five-minutes-of-fame/#comment-112595 wobble -- i was never even in the same room as Maria ... wobble — i was never even in the same room as Maria …

]]> By: Wobble http://blogs.cfr.org/setser/2008/09/13/my-five-minutes-of-fame/#comment-112592 Wobble Sun, 14 Sep 2008 09:50:53 +0000 http://blogs.cfr.org/setser/2008/09/13/my-five-minutes-of-fame/#comment-112592 Did you get to ask out Maria? Did you get to ask out Maria?

]]> By: Blissex http://blogs.cfr.org/setser/2008/09/13/my-five-minutes-of-fame/#comment-112579 Blissex Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:32:40 +0000 http://blogs.cfr.org/setser/2008/09/13/my-five-minutes-of-fame/#comment-112579 «But we're too big to fail. Right? That's what Great Britain thought when it backed down after Egypt nationalized the Suez Canal. As Setser writes, "The lesson of Suez for the United States today is clear: Political might is often linked to financial might, and a debtor's capacity to project military power hinges on the support of its creditors."» But it is flagrantly obvious that this is happening already: just as the 1st Gulf War was funded by Saudi Arabia, Japan and others in its entirety (the USA in effect rented its military for the duration), the 2nd Gulf War, the Bush tax cuts and so on have been funded entirely by colossal subsidies in the form of negative-real-interest rate purchases of US debt by Saudi Arabia, China and Japan. Without those truly colossal subsidies the wars in Iraq and in other countries would have had to be funded from domestic sources, making Republican tax cuts for their campaign donors impossible and the drugging of other voters with the huge housing bubble impossible too, and the electoral history of the USA would have been very, very different. It not just that a "debtor's capacity to project military power hinges on the support of its creditors", but that the capacity of a particular party of a debtor nation to pursue its electoral advantage hinges on the support of the country's creditors. Think carefully about the consequences. «But we’re too big to fail. Right? That’s what Great Britain thought when it backed down after Egypt nationalized the Suez Canal. As Setser writes, “The lesson of Suez for the United States today is clear: Political might is often linked to financial might, and a debtor’s capacity to project military power hinges on the support of its creditors.”»

But it is flagrantly obvious that this is happening already: just as the 1st Gulf War was funded by Saudi Arabia, Japan and others in its entirety (the USA in effect rented its military for the duration), the 2nd Gulf War, the Bush tax cuts and so on have been funded entirely by colossal subsidies in the form of negative-real-interest rate purchases of US debt by Saudi Arabia, China and Japan.

Without those truly colossal subsidies the wars in Iraq and in other countries would have had to be funded from domestic sources, making Republican tax cuts for their campaign donors impossible and the drugging of other voters with the huge housing bubble impossible too, and the electoral history of the USA would have been very, very different.

It not just that a “debtor’s capacity to project military power hinges on the support of its creditors”, but that the capacity of a particular party of a debtor nation to pursue its electoral advantage hinges on the support of the country’s creditors.

Think carefully about the consequences.

]]> By: Lowrie Glasgow http://blogs.cfr.org/setser/2008/09/13/my-five-minutes-of-fame/#comment-112577 Lowrie Glasgow Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:30:41 +0000 http://blogs.cfr.org/setser/2008/09/13/my-five-minutes-of-fame/#comment-112577 CNBC is not worthy of your talent.I would like to see you on something like Charley Rose or a long Bloomberg program. CNBC is not worthy of your talent.I would like to see you on something like Charley Rose or a long Bloomberg program.

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