tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657459.post9013864381687498513..comments2023-09-09T17:41:33.146+03:00Comments on HISTOLOGION: taloshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13680864841710474232noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657459.post-27092283991901446172010-05-19T12:59:57.716+03:002010-05-19T12:59:57.716+03:00Well you have then to admit that she does not even...Well you have then to admit that she does not even come close to responding to the Cato paper. She simply dismisses it. That is why I believe your post ("Naomi Klein responds to critics") is wholly inaccurate.<br />Furthermore, I really fail to see the straw men that the Cato paper supposedly creates. Is her main thesis that, as Cato says: "it is easier to liberalize in times of crisis, and that there is a close connection between economic liberalization and violence and dictatorships." or not? This is a thesis that the Cato paper thoroughly demolishes, whether it is actually Klein's position or a straw man.kstamosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657459.post-35139687966880319812010-02-11T16:05:08.276+02:002010-02-11T16:05:08.276+02:00The thing is if you read the Cato paper having rea...The thing is if you read the Cato paper having read the book, you see a vast field of straw men littering the briefing paper. <br />WHat she says: "Most of the attacks on The Shock Doctrine involve manufacturing claims, falsely attributing them to me, then handily tearing them down", is pretty much accurate. <br />But since that task of debunking the debunkers would be colossal, I refer the interested reader to the actual book which is the only sure way to evaluate the "criticism" offered... I also should refer to <a href="http://www.naomiklein.org/shock-doctrine/reviews/bleakonomics" rel="nofollow">Stiglitz's review</a> of the book, generally positive and vastly better at reading comprehension...taloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13680864841710474232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657459.post-16731840248537593962010-02-11T11:26:19.631+02:002010-02-11T11:26:19.631+02:00Have you even read the Cato briefing paper? Klein ...Have you even read the Cato briefing paper? Klein tacitly admits that she has no answer to the bulk of the paper (from page 6 onwards), where the author starts with the phrase: "Even though Klein is wrong about Friedman, she could be right about her broader thesis that it is easier to liberalize in times of crisis, and that there is a close connection between economic liberalization and violence and dictatorships." and then devotes 15 pages to demolish any semblance of argumentation that Klein pretends to have.<br /><br />Look at Klein's response:<br />"There are many more straw men propped up in The Cato Institute paper. Most involve vastly inflating the role I attribute to Milton Friedman."<br /><br />Her only mention of the meat of Cato's argument:<br /><br />"The Cato paper does, at times, acknowledge that there are facts in my book, but faults me for failing to provide sources for my statistics. This is a bold charge to make against a book with 74 pages of endnotes."kstamosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657459.post-37321397971984033552008-11-19T18:57:00.000+02:002008-11-19T18:57:00.000+02:00Could Libertarian learn some Logic. None of the qu...Could Libertarian learn some Logic. None of the quotations he cites(mis-cites) say at any time that Milton Friedmann was a neo-conservative.<BR/>These people are slippery-their roots in Right-Trotskyism no doubt help to account for this. The doctrine of refusing to accept characterization -however accurate is to be found there.<BR/>The Cato institute is to argument what Dr Goebbels was to Germany.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657459.post-78812561531051640662008-10-11T03:13:00.000+03:002008-10-11T03:13:00.000+03:00I'll give that last link again, was a bit messed d...I'll give that last link again, was a bit messed due to length:<BR/><A HREF="http://www.democracynow.org/2008/10/6/naomi_klein" REL="nofollow">Klein - Democracy Now</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657459.post-86211651728991462752008-09-13T09:49:00.000+03:002008-09-13T09:49:00.000+03:00Attacking Chomsky is a right of passage task, if o...Attacking Chomsky is a right of passage task, if one is going to jump to the right. He is not beyond criticism, but often they border on pure libel.<BR/><BR/>Klein has a smart analysis. In terms of domestic politics, she has illusions about the Democratic Party.<BR/><BR/>Obama's economic advisors are from the University of Chicago.Frank Partisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030noreply@blogger.com