Thursday, October 30, 2008
Neoconservatism and banking
Bill Longstaff: Minority government: lucky for us, lucky for Stephen Harper
If Stephen Harper had won a majority in 2006, or even in 2004, it may have been a very different story. Harper is very much the neocon himself, a believer in small government. One suspects he wouldn't have resisted the pressure for deregulation, indeed would have been more likely to embrace it, and we could have been well on our way toward a U.S. style financial system and the consequent collapse.
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