Comments on: The Margaret Thatcher Era Isn’t Over Yet http://pjmedia.com/blog/the-margaret-thatcher-era-isnt-over-yet/ Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:23:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dan http://pjmedia.com/blog/the-margaret-thatcher-era-isnt-over-yet/#comment-195436 Dan Mon, 02 Feb 2009 08:27:22 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=36734#comment-195436 Yes, and that says it all. An unmitigated disaster. A misguided women that crowed, 'there is no such thing as society'. My only disappointment is in the fact that she is now so senile that she has no comprehension of her disastrous policies. Yes, and that says it all.
An unmitigated disaster. A misguided women that crowed, ‘there is no such thing as society’.

My only disappointment is in the fact that she is now so senile that she has no comprehension of her disastrous policies.

]]> By: themike http://pjmedia.com/blog/the-margaret-thatcher-era-isnt-over-yet/#comment-137025 themike Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:23:53 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=36734#comment-137025 thanks Ms. Claire! thanks Ms. Claire!

]]> By: claire Berlinski http://pjmedia.com/blog/the-margaret-thatcher-era-isnt-over-yet/#comment-136706 claire Berlinski Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:36:47 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=36734#comment-136706 Dear Commenter 17-- I just wrote the book you're looking for. "There is No Alternative: Why Margaret Thatcher Matters," available on Amazon. I hope you'll enjoy it. Best regards, Claire Dear Commenter 17–

I just wrote the book you’re looking for. “There is No Alternative: Why Margaret Thatcher Matters,” available on Amazon. I hope you’ll enjoy it.

Best regards,

Claire

]]> By: themike http://pjmedia.com/blog/the-margaret-thatcher-era-isnt-over-yet/#comment-136205 themike Sun, 26 Oct 2008 05:53:13 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=36734#comment-136205 I don't know much about Margaret Thatcher but hey, McCain could learn some lessons from her. OT: Does anyone know a good biographical book about her? I don’t know much about Margaret Thatcher but hey, McCain could learn some lessons from her.

OT: Does anyone know a good biographical book about her?

]]> By: Mary Jackson http://pjmedia.com/blog/the-margaret-thatcher-era-isnt-over-yet/#comment-135984 Mary Jackson Sat, 25 Oct 2008 20:00:46 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=36734#comment-135984 An excellent article. Thatcher, peace be upon her, was the best PM since Churchill. An excellent article. Thatcher, peace be upon her, was the best PM since Churchill.

]]> By: jerry denim http://pjmedia.com/blog/the-margaret-thatcher-era-isnt-over-yet/#comment-135535 jerry denim Sat, 25 Oct 2008 04:40:41 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=36734#comment-135535 Naomi Klein has an excellent chapter on Thatcher in her book "The Shock Doctrine" While Margret Thatcher may have very well "been appalled by the unregulated explosion of leverage in Western economies" everything she did while she was in office cleared the way for the debt explosion and her policies helped to concentrate the wealth of Great Britain in the hands of a few allowing them the power to corrupt the political system and game the financial system to their benefit and the detriment of all others. The article also fails to mention any of the social costs or causalities of Thatchers policies. It may be a bit early to write the obituary of Thatcherism (Reganomics, Neo-liberalism, Milton Friedman etc.) but it is a philosophy that has been exposed as a fraud. A little peppering of Thatcherism may perhaps be tonic for a overegulated socialist economy but Neo-liberal ideas are a dangerous and fatal cancer if applied in full to an entire economy. Chile, Argentina, Iraq, United States etc. Naomi Klein has an excellent chapter on Thatcher in her book “The Shock Doctrine” While Margret Thatcher may have very well “been appalled by the unregulated explosion of leverage in Western economies” everything she did while she was in office cleared the way for the debt explosion and her policies helped to concentrate the wealth of Great Britain in the hands of a few allowing them the power to corrupt the political system and game the financial system to their benefit and the detriment of all others. The article also fails to mention any of the social costs or causalities of Thatchers policies. It may be a bit early to write the obituary of Thatcherism (Reganomics, Neo-liberalism, Milton Friedman etc.) but it is a philosophy that has been exposed as a fraud. A little peppering of Thatcherism may perhaps be tonic for a overegulated socialist economy but Neo-liberal ideas are a dangerous and fatal cancer if applied in full to an entire economy. Chile, Argentina, Iraq, United States etc.

]]> By: Tony http://pjmedia.com/blog/the-margaret-thatcher-era-isnt-over-yet/#comment-135258 Tony Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:56:18 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=36734#comment-135258 Joseph Marshall, You are right to point to the "windfall" bonus of oil & gas exports without which the Thatcher revolution arguably would not have succeeded. However in fairness it was Geoffrey Howe who established the tax and royalty structure that was world beating at the time - so some credit reflects on the Thatcher government here too. The benefits of the EEC/EU that you cite are far more dubious. Britain has a net trade deficit with the continental EU and those areas in which the UK outperforms, especially services, are still not a single market in the EU. Therefore, Whilst the British market is open on favourable terms to EU manufactures and EU agriculture the reciprocal benfits of open EU markets for British services have just not materialised. The outperformance of the British financial sector makes Britains share of the global financil services cake disproportionate to the size of the domestic UK economy but this Thatcher achievement owes nothing whatsoever to the EU. Real poverty levels in the UK are far lower in post Thatcher Britain than they were prior. However relative poverty levels have certainly increased due to the gearing towards incentives embodied in Thatcherite economic philosophy. Joseph Marshall,

You are right to point to the “windfall” bonus of oil & gas exports without which the Thatcher revolution arguably would not have succeeded. However in fairness it was Geoffrey Howe who established the tax and royalty structure that was world beating at the time – so some credit reflects on the Thatcher government here too.

The benefits of the EEC/EU that you cite are far more dubious. Britain has a net trade deficit with the continental EU and those areas in which the UK outperforms, especially services, are still not a single market in the EU. Therefore, Whilst the British market is open on favourable terms to EU manufactures and EU agriculture the reciprocal benfits of open EU markets for British services have just not materialised. The outperformance of the British financial sector makes Britains share of the global financil services cake disproportionate to the size of the domestic UK economy but this Thatcher achievement owes nothing whatsoever to the EU.

Real poverty levels in the UK are far lower in post Thatcher Britain than they were prior. However relative poverty levels have certainly increased due to the gearing towards incentives embodied in Thatcherite economic philosophy.

]]> By: Andrew Ian Dodge http://pjmedia.com/blog/the-margaret-thatcher-era-isnt-over-yet/#comment-135249 Andrew Ian Dodge Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:50:10 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=36734#comment-135249 They have declared the era of Lady T dead many times. Her ethos and attitude will live on for many a time. I still mention her name and watch the lefties twitch. They have declared the era of Lady T dead many times. Her ethos and attitude will live on for many a time. I still mention her name and watch the lefties twitch.

]]> By: Brit http://pjmedia.com/blog/the-margaret-thatcher-era-isnt-over-yet/#comment-134741 Brit Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:47:17 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=36734#comment-134741 I think it's too soon to tell. MT helped build a Britain where the services industry was to bring us wealth instead of manufacturing - opinions differ on whether she destroyed manufacturing or just buried the corpse. We need to see how the country deals with the current crisis before judging whether this is a sustainable strategy (the success of the City of London has carried us, along with the oil revenues noted above). At the time I seem to remember that Reagan and Thatcher's domestic economic policies in practice were quite different from each other, so maybe the lessons are limited. On the other hand their social outlook seemed much more similar, not to say fairly repellent to a lot of people in the UK and dare I say the US. I think it’s too soon to tell. MT helped build a Britain where the services industry was to bring us wealth instead of manufacturing – opinions differ on whether she destroyed manufacturing or just buried the corpse. We need to see how the country deals with the current crisis before judging whether this is a sustainable strategy (the success of the City of London has carried us, along with the oil revenues noted above).

At the time I seem to remember that Reagan and Thatcher’s domestic economic policies in practice were quite different from each other, so maybe the lessons are limited.

On the other hand their social outlook seemed much more similar, not to say fairly repellent to a lot of people in the UK and dare I say the US.

]]> By: Is The Margaret Thatcher Era Over? http://pjmedia.com/blog/the-margaret-thatcher-era-isnt-over-yet/#comment-134659 Is The Margaret Thatcher Era Over? Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:01:14 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=36734#comment-134659 [...] October 24th, 2008 By JOE GANDELMAN, Editor-In-Chief Here’s the case that it isn’t… [...] [...] October 24th, 2008 By JOE GANDELMAN, Editor-In-Chief Here’s the case that it isn’t… [...]

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