<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Does the enonomy need to be controlled at all right now or could a hands off approach be the best approach to solve the crisis? Is the government making a bad situation worse by artificially manipulating the economy? I personally believe the answer might be relaxing regulations, loosen controls, and allow markets to correct themselves naturally. </div><div><br></div><div>That won't solve the debt crisis externally but it could help bring stability internally. </div><div><br></div><div>A <br><br>--<div>Sent from my mobile device</div></div><div><br>On May 6, 2012, at 13:53, Apostolis Xekoukoulotakis <<a href="mailto:xekoukou@gmail.com">xekoukou@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>7 months after the occupy Syntagma Square movement, the elections have shown that the Greek citizens believe that an alternative political program is possible. It is important to note that during this period, in one year, unemployment in Greece rose 10 per cent. Have a look at this <a href="http://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=z8o7pt6rd5uqa6_&ctype=l&strail=false&nselm=h&met_y=unemployment_rate&fdim_y=seasonality:sa&scale_y=lin&ind_y=false&rdim=country_group&idim=country:at:nl:lu:de:es:ie:sk:hu&tstart=410227200000&tunit=M&tlen=337&hl=en&dl=en&iconSize=0.5&uniSize=0.035#%21ctype=l&strail=false&bcs=d&nselm=h&met_y=unemployment_rate&fdim_y=seasonality:sa&scale_y=lin&ind_y=false&rdim=country_group&idim=country:de:es:ie:sk:it:el&ifdim=country_group&tstart=744584400000&tend=1328479200000&hl=en_US&dl=en&ind=false">graph</a>.<br>
<br>These results will have a significant impact in Europe. Greece might be thrown away from Europe but Greece's paradigm will provoke internal popular movements in other European countries.<br>One thing is certain. The economy as we know it in Europe cannot continue to work in the same way. It would work if people accepted the austerity measures, if people accepted to work more and be paid less. <br>
The question then is: Will the new popular governments be able to propose an alternative economic model? Will they erase the old ways for new ones? <br><br>The p2p movement needs to offer new alternative ways. Right now, we have either the possibility of nationalization of the economy or capitalism. <br>
We need a p2p way of controlling the economy.<br clear="all">.<br>-- <br><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse"><pre style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></pre><pre style="white-space:pre-wrap">Sincerely yours, </pre><pre style="white-space:pre-wrap"> Apostolis Xekoukoulotakis</pre></span><br>
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