We need to fix capitalism, not install socialism
von cc am 04.11.2008
Das unvermeidliche Pendel.
Erst schlägt es absurd in die eine Richtung aus.
Markt ursuper, Staat böseböse
lass uns Kapitalisten nur arbeiten
unsere Genialität erkennst Du daran, dass Du unsere (Finanz-)Produkte nicht verstehen kannst.
Jetzt wissen wir: Ihre Finanzprodukte haben sie selber nicht kapiert, alle zahlen die Zeche.
Jetzt rast das Pendel in die andere Richtung.
Verstaatlichung als Heilsprodukt.
Thomas L Friedmann hat einen sehr schlauen Kommentar geschrieben.
Stell Dir vor wir haben die Banken verstaatlicht.
Und dann kommen zwei boys...
Let’s imagine this scene: You are the president of one of these banks in which the government has taken a position. One day two young Stanford grads walk in your door. One is named Larry, and the other is named Sergey. They each are wearing jeans and a T-shirt. They tell you that they have this thing called a “search engine,” and they are naming it — get this — “Google.” They tell you to type in any word in this box on a computer screen and — get this — hit a button labeled “I’m Feeling Lucky.” Up comes a bunch of Web sites related to that word. Their start-up, which they are operating out of their dorm room, has exhausted its venture capital. They need a loan.
What are you going to say to Larry and Sergey as the president of the bank? “Boys, this is very interesting. But I have the U.S. Treasury as my biggest shareholder today, and if you think I’m going to put money into something called ‘Google,’ with a key called ‘I’m Feeling Lucky,’ you’re fresh outta luck. Can you imagine me explaining that to a Congressional committee if you guys go bust?”
völlig richtig schreibt Friedmann:
The winners: the strong, the big, the established, the domestic and the safe — the folks who, relatively speaking, don’t need the money. The losers: the new, the small, the foreign and the risky — emerging markets, entrepreneurs and small businesses not politically connected.
Bottom line: We must not overshoot in regulating the markets just because they overshot in their risk-taking. That’s what markets do. We need to fix capitalism, not install socialism. Because, ultimately, we can’t bail our way out of this crisis. We can only grow our way out — with more innovation and entrepreneurship, which create new businesses and better jobs.
So ist es.
Aber das Pendel bleibt ein Hund.
Erst schlägt es absurd in die eine Richtung aus.
Markt ursuper, Staat böseböse
lass uns Kapitalisten nur arbeiten
unsere Genialität erkennst Du daran, dass Du unsere (Finanz-)Produkte nicht verstehen kannst.
Jetzt wissen wir: Ihre Finanzprodukte haben sie selber nicht kapiert, alle zahlen die Zeche.
Jetzt rast das Pendel in die andere Richtung.
Verstaatlichung als Heilsprodukt.
Thomas L Friedmann hat einen sehr schlauen Kommentar geschrieben.
Stell Dir vor wir haben die Banken verstaatlicht.
Und dann kommen zwei boys...
Let’s imagine this scene: You are the president of one of these banks in which the government has taken a position. One day two young Stanford grads walk in your door. One is named Larry, and the other is named Sergey. They each are wearing jeans and a T-shirt. They tell you that they have this thing called a “search engine,” and they are naming it — get this — “Google.” They tell you to type in any word in this box on a computer screen and — get this — hit a button labeled “I’m Feeling Lucky.” Up comes a bunch of Web sites related to that word. Their start-up, which they are operating out of their dorm room, has exhausted its venture capital. They need a loan.
What are you going to say to Larry and Sergey as the president of the bank? “Boys, this is very interesting. But I have the U.S. Treasury as my biggest shareholder today, and if you think I’m going to put money into something called ‘Google,’ with a key called ‘I’m Feeling Lucky,’ you’re fresh outta luck. Can you imagine me explaining that to a Congressional committee if you guys go bust?”
völlig richtig schreibt Friedmann:
The winners: the strong, the big, the established, the domestic and the safe — the folks who, relatively speaking, don’t need the money. The losers: the new, the small, the foreign and the risky — emerging markets, entrepreneurs and small businesses not politically connected.
Bottom line: We must not overshoot in regulating the markets just because they overshot in their risk-taking. That’s what markets do. We need to fix capitalism, not install socialism. Because, ultimately, we can’t bail our way out of this crisis. We can only grow our way out — with more innovation and entrepreneurship, which create new businesses and better jobs.
So ist es.
Aber das Pendel bleibt ein Hund.