Interesting article on the "economic high ground"

[Balog]

http://bit.ly/kClQAs

Good compare and contrast between old and new school Marxism.

[RevDisk]

http://bit.ly/kClQAs

Good compare and contrast between old and new school Marxism.

Uhm, yessss.  If by energy, I wonder if he means to include utilities, or just the vague concept that can mean anything from your neighborhood propane store to Exxon Mobile to traditional electric utilities. 

At the risk of being excommunicated, I'm not overly fond about deregulation of utilities.  Actually, I think we have a worst case scenario at the moment.  Massive subsidies, protection laws AND deregulation. 

[makattak]

Uhm, yessss.  If by energy, I wonder if he means to include utilities, or just the vague concept that can mean anything from your neighborhood propane store to Exxon Mobile to traditional electric utilities. 

At the risk of being excommunicated, I'm not overly fond about deregulation of utilities.  Actually, I think we have a worst case scenario at the moment.  Massive subsidies, protection laws AND deregulation. 

On deregulation of untilities, I'm ambivalent. The may be an example of a natural monopoly, which may mean that regulation is helpful.

That regulation should be local, though. The federal government (apart from National Security, e.g. nuclear power) has no business dealing with utilities.