Nipawin - March 6, 2001 - by: Mario deSantis | |
gimmick |
There is no Third Way politics in the world. Tony Blair was one of the first politicians to |
express that wealth creation is not divorced from social justice and that his Third Way, that | |
is neither socialism or capitalism, would be the answer to our social and economic growth(1). | |
However, I have the understanding that Blair's Third Way is nothing else but a gimmick to | |
support today's Free Trade against the interest of the people and democracy(2). | |
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Schroder |
The critics of Tony Blair's Third Way were right when they stated that the Third Way was |
not a set of new real ideas but an advertising slogan(3). German Chancellor Gerhard | |
Schroder was very perspective when he murmured to Tony Blair | |
"Look, I haven't found the first two ways yet, so you tell me where |
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this Third one is(4)." |
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In one previous article, I mentioned how out of place was Tony Blair's recent statement in |
defense of Free Trade that | |
"However sincere the protests, they cannot be allowed to stand in |
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the way of rational argument. We must start to make this case with |
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force and determination(5)." |
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At that time I alluded to the possibility of defending Free Trade with Tony Blair's war |
planes and missiles. This coming April, Quebec City will be hosting the Summit of the | |
Americas and our authorities, anticipating violent protest, are passing bylaws forbidding | |
the wearing of scarves and other face coverings(6). Further, this Free Trade's Summit will | |
be defended by some 3,000 to 5,000 police, RCMP and riot squads. | |
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rational |
Copy cat Deputy Minister Herb Gray responded to critics of these policing measures |
quoting British Prime Minister Tony Blair: | |
"However sincere the protests, they cannot be allowed to stand in |
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the way of rational argument." |
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hearts |
While many studies confirm that sincere decisions based on simple values outperform |
rational arguments(7) we remind both Deputy Minister Herb Gray and British Prime | |
Minister Tony Blair that they have reached their bounded rationality, and that it is time | |
they talk with their hearts rather than with their big brains. | |
------------References/endnotes: | |
List of relevant political and economics articles http://ensign.ftlcomm.com | |
Third Way Converts, by: Jim Hoagland, May 20, 1999, Washington Post | |
The Third Way - an Answer to Blair, by Patrick Harrington and the real Third Way. Tony Blair is quoted as saying "The truth is that in a mature society representatives will make better decisions if they take full account of popular opinion and encourage public debate on the big decisions affecting people's lives." | |
The third way in politics, by E.J. Dionne Jr. Syndicated columnist, August 16, 1998, The Seattle Times Company | |
Third Way Club Gathers Members: Prosperity And Stability Become Holy Grail Of The Blair Generation, By: Martin Walker, May 3, 1999, The Guardian | |
The problem with Free Trade: the structure of WTO and NAFTA, By Mario deSantis and James deSantis, February 23, 2001 | |
Does Quebec City want naked protestors, Charles Gordon, March 3, 2001, The Ottawa Citizen | |
Bounded rationality or Rational Expectations? Section 15.1 page 598 of Business Dynamics, by John Sterman http://www.mhhe.com/sterman |