tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331441403058020963.post4349077036144273708..comments2024-03-28T06:49:24.930-04:00Comments on International Political Economy at the University of North Carolina: The DeclineThomas Oatleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14092437150746625670noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331441403058020963.post-77271262043792508982010-11-07T16:44:51.115-05:002010-11-07T16:44:51.115-05:00Yo, Emmanuel: Idiot much?Yo, Emmanuel: Idiot much?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331441403058020963.post-53521852488625151062010-11-07T14:02:46.191-05:002010-11-07T14:02:46.191-05:00This post is oddly passive-aggressive and very sel...This post is oddly passive-aggressive and very selective in its interpretation.<br /><br />Again, it's odd that you consider job cuts to be mostly of less skilled people when your <a href="http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/05/03/465461/unc-leaders-furloughs-not-layoffs.html" rel="nofollow">very own institution</a> is laying off faculty but pretending it isn't. Unless you're insinuating the UNC isn't an institution of higher learning, that is (heh-heh). If you can't see the decline in your own backyard, then I'm not surprised that blinders are at work everywhere else<br /><br />There's also the matter of <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IzGDYJE7jOs/THc5KRHfmEI/AAAAAAAAEWU/-QfzBJl4Eek/s1600/USincome.gif" rel="nofollow">continuous declines</a> in income in the US, but I guess that's not a overall sign of decline, right?<br /><br />Fortunately, there are still purveyors of <a href="http://ipezone.blogspot.com/2010/11/american-wusses-do-some-uk-fiscal.html" rel="nofollow">Real Man IPE</a> out there. Here's what I suggest instead: acknowledge America's many faults and address them instead of pretending there isn't anything much wrong. <br /><br />Ultimately, the source of American decline is this sort of smug self-assurance when there are many out there who aren't content about getting fatter, dumber, and poorer.Emmanuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04615366847433704476noreply@blogger.com