Comments for zeeBase - think! http://www.zeebase.com/blog Save Intelligent Life on Earth Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:16:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 Comment on Nouriel Roubini Discusses Economic Crisis: Bottom Is Still A Year Off by Gregg http://www.zeebase.com/blog/2009/04/26/nouriel-roubini-discusses-economic-crisis-bottom-is-still-a-year-off/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Gregg Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:16:04 +0000 http://www.zeebase.com/blog/2009/04/26/nouriel-roubini-discusses-economic-crisis-bottom-is-still-a-year-off/#comment-41 I think you’d hard pressed to find anyone with a solid understanding of economics and market behavior ready to say we’ve seen the bottom. As it was pointed out, nobody wants to get involved with acquiring a bank and finding themselves under the restrictions that trap money brings. Not to mention the new capital and holding time requirements being proposed. http://www.beaconintegration.com I think you’d hard pressed to find anyone with a solid understanding of economics and market behavior ready to say we’ve seen the bottom. As it was pointed out, nobody wants to get involved with acquiring a bank and finding themselves under the restrictions that trap money brings. Not to mention the new capital and holding time requirements being proposed.

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]]> Comment on The Acquisitive Society by R. H. Tawney by admin http://www.zeebase.com/blog/2009/02/18/the-acquisitive-society-by-r-h-tawney/comment-page-1/#comment-12 admin Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:07:06 +0000 http://www.zeebase.com/blog/?p=333#comment-12 "The natural consequence of the abdication of authorities which had stood, however imperfectly, for a common purpose in social organization, was the gradual disappearance from social thought of the idea of purpose itself. Its place in the eighteenth century was taken by the idea of mechanism. The conception of men as united to each other, and of all mankind as united to God, by mutual obligations arising from their relation to a common end, which vaguely conceived and imperfectly realized, had been the keystone holding together the social fabric, ceased to be impressed upon men's minds, when Church and State withdrew from the center of social life to its circumference. What remained when the keystone of the arch was removed, was private rights and private interests, the materials of a society rather than a society itself." - page 12 Right and Functions “The natural consequence of the abdication of authorities which had stood, however imperfectly, for a common purpose in social organization, was the gradual disappearance from social thought of the idea of purpose itself. Its place in the eighteenth century was taken by the idea of mechanism. The conception of men as united to each other, and of all mankind as united to God, by mutual obligations arising from their relation to a common end, which vaguely conceived and imperfectly realized, had been the keystone holding together the social fabric, ceased to be impressed upon men’s minds, when Church and State withdrew from the center of social life to its circumference. What remained when the keystone of the arch was removed, was private rights and private interests, the materials of a society rather than a society itself.” – page 12 Right and Functions

]]> Comment on The Acquisitive Society by R. H. Tawney by admin http://www.zeebase.com/blog/2009/02/18/the-acquisitive-society-by-r-h-tawney/comment-page-1/#comment-11 admin Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:55:29 +0000 http://www.zeebase.com/blog/?p=333#comment-11 "A Function may be defined as an activity which embodies and expresses the idea of social purpose. The essence of it is that the agent does not perform it merely for personal gain or to gratify himself, but recognizes that he is responsible for its discharge to some higher authority. The purpose of industry is obvious. It is to supply man with things which are necessary, useful or beautiful, and thus to bring life to body or spirit. In so far as it is governed by this end, it is among the most important of human activities. In so far as it is diverted from it, it may be harmless, amusing, or even exhilarating to those who carry it on, but it possesses no more social significance than the orderly business of ants and bees, the strutting of peacocks, or the struggles of carnivorous animals over carrion." - page 8 - Rights and Functions “A Function may be defined as an activity which embodies and expresses the idea of social purpose. The essence of it is that the agent does not perform it merely for personal gain or to gratify himself, but recognizes that he is responsible for its discharge to some higher authority. The purpose of industry is obvious. It is to supply man with things which are necessary, useful or beautiful, and thus to bring life to body or spirit. In so far as it is governed by this end, it is among the most important of human activities. In so far as it is diverted from it, it may be harmless, amusing, or even exhilarating to those who carry it on, but it possesses no more social significance than the orderly business of ants and bees, the strutting of peacocks, or the struggles of carnivorous animals over carrion.” – page 8 – Rights and Functions

]]> Comment on The Acquisitive Society by R. H. Tawney by admin http://www.zeebase.com/blog/2009/02/18/the-acquisitive-society-by-r-h-tawney/comment-page-1/#comment-10 admin Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:41:49 +0000 http://www.zeebase.com/blog/?p=333#comment-10 "There are times which are not ordinary, and in such times it is not enough to follow the road. It is necessary to know where it leads, and, if it leads nowhere, to follow another. The search for another involves reflection, which is uncongenial to the bustling people who describe themselves as practical, because they take things as they are and leave them as they are. But the practical thing for a traveler who is uncertain of his path is not to proceed with the utmost rapidity in the wrong direction: it is to consider how to find the right one." - page 2 of Introductory It seems to me these are not ordinary times and we are not seeking the right road because we have bustling practical people who are in charge. “There are times which are not ordinary, and in such times it is not enough to follow the road. It is necessary to know where it leads, and, if it leads nowhere, to follow another. The search for another involves reflection, which is uncongenial to the bustling people who describe themselves as practical, because they take things as they are and leave them as they are. But the practical thing for a traveler who is uncertain of his path is not to proceed with the utmost rapidity in the wrong direction: it is to consider how to find the right one.” – page 2 of Introductory

It seems to me these are not ordinary times and we are not seeking the right road because we have bustling practical people who are in charge.

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