Comments on: How Europe can stave off a crisis

By: mhin

mhin — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 09:15:52 +0000

at last some clear analysis…bvious, but yet clear and sophisticated…nevertheless problems of trust and adjustment work against co-ordination…we need a psycologival recognition in the west that the balance of power is rapidly shifting. such a recognition needs to be on all sides to develop the trust necessary….and there is the problem. If I was China, I would not trust.

By: changeling

changeling — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:00:05 +0000

I believe politics to be a very cruel game and those who enter to be either viciously ambitious or incredibly naive. That still leaves room for intelligence. Gordon Brown shows some in this article.

By: prepare_now

prepare_now — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:19:48 +0000

Why is it that past Presidents/Prime Ministers always seem to see with such clarity of thought on how to solve the worlds problems when they are no longer in the job, yet lack vision and competence during their term in office?
Strange ……………very strange.

By: globalecon

globalecon — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:41:59 +0000

Do NOT let Europe blinker you from what is going on with global macro developments in the wider world. That is the most important thing of all. Don’t lose sight of the wood for the trees… as they say.

For all the abuse GB gets, he does make an extremely good point here – he clearly understands how the world is changing… already. Today.

Gordon Brown:
“Indeed, Europe’s share of world output has now fallen to just 18 percent. And it is a measure of how it is losing out in the growth markets of the future that just 7.5 percent of Europe’s exports go to the emerging markets that are responsible for 70 percent of the world’s growth.”

SPOT ON.

By: Sal20111

Sal20111 — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 22:51:05 +0000

Printing more money by itself won’t help. It’s the distribution of money that is the issue. All the new money is sucked up by the banks to beef up their coffers, contributing nothing to growth. Brown committed this folly, and he still doesn’t get it. Screw the banks and distribute money directly to the common citizen and small companies doing productive business, they are the growth engine.

By: jerry_01

jerry_01 — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:08:38 +0000

there’s a surprise… more debts! borrow borrow borrow
congrats to all previous comments, esp. Skibadly

By: Realist1001

Realist1001 — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:12:15 +0000

If … If … If …

By: Truebrit

Truebrit — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:35:03 +0000

This man has the cheek of old Harry

By: Pablito

Pablito — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:14:35 +0000

Other comments have said pretty much everything…opinion expressed is his own and few people care enough to hear it.

By: barry1966

barry1966 — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 03:26:58 +0000

Jemery Clarkson got Brown absolutely spot on.
Shame on Reuters asking him for an opinion.
Next you’ll ask Blair about humility or Carlos Tevez about being a team man.