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		By: The Engineer		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/09/another-take-on-mintoffian-economics/#comment-400949</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Engineer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2012 11:55:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I cannot understand these mistakes by Prof Scicluna. These are serious mistakes for an economist.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I cannot understand these mistakes by Prof Scicluna. These are serious mistakes for an economist.</p>
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		By: Harry Purdie		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/09/another-take-on-mintoffian-economics/#comment-400041</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Harry Purdie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2012 21:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/09/another-take-on-mintoffian-economics/#comment-399779&quot;&gt;Anthony II&lt;/a&gt;.

Another &#039;professional&#039; reputation in self-imposed tatters, sad. He&#039;s made his red bed, let him now &#039;lie&#039; in it.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/09/another-take-on-mintoffian-economics/#comment-399779">Anthony II</a>.</p>
<p>Another &#8216;professional&#8217; reputation in self-imposed tatters, sad. He&#8217;s made his red bed, let him now &#8216;lie&#8217; in it.</p>
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		By: H.P. Baxxter		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[H.P. Baxxter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2012 21:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/09/another-take-on-mintoffian-economics/#comment-399779&quot;&gt;Anthony II&lt;/a&gt;.

U skuzi, dan zamm il-cathedra? Din ohra ta&#039; Juanito Camilleri?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/09/another-take-on-mintoffian-economics/#comment-399779">Anthony II</a>.</p>
<p>U skuzi, dan zamm il-cathedra? Din ohra ta&#8217; Juanito Camilleri?</p>
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		By: ciccio		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ciccio]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2012 20:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/09/another-take-on-mintoffian-economics/#comment-399779&quot;&gt;Anthony II&lt;/a&gt;.

Baxxter, Hitler&#039;s monument represents the Maltese people to a T.  Bla bajd.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/09/another-take-on-mintoffian-economics/#comment-399779">Anthony II</a>.</p>
<p>Baxxter, Hitler&#8217;s monument represents the Maltese people to a T.  Bla bajd.</p>
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		By: H.P. Baxxter		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/09/another-take-on-mintoffian-economics/#comment-399837</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[H.P. Baxxter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2012 19:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/09/another-take-on-mintoffian-economics/#comment-399779&quot;&gt;Anthony II&lt;/a&gt;.

Have you studied &quot;Prof&quot; Scicluna&#039;s publications? I have. 

He belongs to the 1970s school of thought which urged devaluation at all costs. 

And that&#039;s exactly what he did throughout the 1980s when he rose to fame and fortune, through the 90s, which meant that he was against EU membership because devaluation would have had to be decided by the ECB, and into the new millennium, where he bemoans our Eurozone membership and yearns for the good old days of the Lira Maltija. 

The man is a bloody fraud. and it&#039;s high time our goddamn academic community or spineless jellyfish put him in his place. 

But I&#039;m not holding out much hope. 

As Hitler says in this brilliant spoof, il-Maltin m&#039;ghandhomx bzonn minn jabbuzahom, kapaci jinhxew f&#039;sormhom wahedhom.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcyt0g_il-waqgya-hitler-jipprepara-gyay-yj_fun]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/09/another-take-on-mintoffian-economics/#comment-399779">Anthony II</a>.</p>
<p>Have you studied &#8220;Prof&#8221; Scicluna&#8217;s publications? I have. </p>
<p>He belongs to the 1970s school of thought which urged devaluation at all costs. </p>
<p>And that&#8217;s exactly what he did throughout the 1980s when he rose to fame and fortune, through the 90s, which meant that he was against EU membership because devaluation would have had to be decided by the ECB, and into the new millennium, where he bemoans our Eurozone membership and yearns for the good old days of the Lira Maltija. </p>
<p>The man is a bloody fraud. and it&#8217;s high time our goddamn academic community or spineless jellyfish put him in his place. </p>
<p>But I&#8217;m not holding out much hope. </p>
<p>As Hitler says in this brilliant spoof, il-Maltin m&#8217;ghandhomx bzonn minn jabbuzahom, kapaci jinhxew f&#8217;sormhom wahedhom.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcyt0g_il-waqgya-hitler-jipprepara-gyay-yj_fun" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcyt0g_il-waqgya-hitler-jipprepara-gyay-yj_fun</a></p>
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		By: Anthony II		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anthony II]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2012 18:28:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/09/another-take-on-mintoffian-economics/#comment-399624&quot;&gt;Chris&lt;/a&gt;.

So true. Very pathetic indeed. What about the lack of investment in infrastructure eg roads, telephone communication, generation of energy (remember the regular Saturday blackouts). 

What about the environment?  

And the import licences plus the constant allegations of bribes that killed private enterprise.  

The  loads of unemployed persons. Besides, females were scorned if they sought employment as it was held that for very female out working a male must have been deprived of a job. 

These were some of the principal curses of he Mintoff regime. And what I can&#039;t stand  is someone like Prof (sic) Scicluna who professes himself to be an expert on the economy to stoop so low in his efforts to ingratiate himself with voters as a potential candidate to come out with such bullshit as Mintoffianomics or whatever term he coined. 

Shame. Shame on him and shame to his profession   No real professional worth his salt would prostitute himself as Prof Scicluna did. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/09/another-take-on-mintoffian-economics/#comment-399624">Chris</a>.</p>
<p>So true. Very pathetic indeed. What about the lack of investment in infrastructure eg roads, telephone communication, generation of energy (remember the regular Saturday blackouts). </p>
<p>What about the environment?  </p>
<p>And the import licences plus the constant allegations of bribes that killed private enterprise.  </p>
<p>The  loads of unemployed persons. Besides, females were scorned if they sought employment as it was held that for very female out working a male must have been deprived of a job. </p>
<p>These were some of the principal curses of he Mintoff regime. And what I can&#8217;t stand  is someone like Prof (sic) Scicluna who professes himself to be an expert on the economy to stoop so low in his efforts to ingratiate himself with voters as a potential candidate to come out with such bullshit as Mintoffianomics or whatever term he coined. </p>
<p>Shame. Shame on him and shame to his profession   No real professional worth his salt would prostitute himself as Prof Scicluna did. </p>
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		By: Jozef		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/09/another-take-on-mintoffian-economics/#comment-399751</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jozef]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2012 18:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#039;....It did untold harm to the psyche of the people in general and, worse, to business enterprise...&#039;

It basically dictated that whatever existed before he came along, has no place in collective memory. Does anyone really think this place was as miserable as they would have us think?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8216;&#8230;.It did untold harm to the psyche of the people in general and, worse, to business enterprise&#8230;&#8217;</p>
<p>It basically dictated that whatever existed before he came along, has no place in collective memory. Does anyone really think this place was as miserable as they would have us think?</p>
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		By: ciccio		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ciccio]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2012 17:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Prof. Scicluna illustrated his article in &#039;L-Orizzont&#039; with a picture of Deserta chocolates.

He was right.  Labour&#039;s economic policy has always been like a bar of Deserta chocolate.  

It comes in a nice and inviting colourful wrapper, but inside, it&#039;s infested with worms, tastes bad, is harmful when consumed and leaves long term negative consequences on those who experience it.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Prof. Scicluna illustrated his article in &#8216;L-Orizzont&#8217; with a picture of Deserta chocolates.</p>
<p>He was right.  Labour&#8217;s economic policy has always been like a bar of Deserta chocolate.  </p>
<p>It comes in a nice and inviting colourful wrapper, but inside, it&#8217;s infested with worms, tastes bad, is harmful when consumed and leaves long term negative consequences on those who experience it.</p>
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		By: maryanne		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[maryanne]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2012 17:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/09/another-take-on-mintoffian-economics/#comment-399624&quot;&gt;Chris&lt;/a&gt;.

Chris, you have to factor in the circumstances and place where Dr. Gonzi was speaking. It wasn&#039;t the time and place  to go into detail and discuss technicalities.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/09/another-take-on-mintoffian-economics/#comment-399624">Chris</a>.</p>
<p>Chris, you have to factor in the circumstances and place where Dr. Gonzi was speaking. It wasn&#8217;t the time and place  to go into detail and discuss technicalities.</p>
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		By: Chris		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2012 16:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here&#039;s what I don&#039;t get.... why oh why does it take The Times to  bring up the true effect of the Mintoff economic strategy. 

Do the PM and the Minister of Finance really think that the lack of chocolate and toothpaste was the main gripe of sensible Maltese during those years? And if yes, what does it say about their mindset?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s what I don&#8217;t get&#8230;. why oh why does it take The Times to  bring up the true effect of the Mintoff economic strategy. </p>
<p>Do the PM and the Minister of Finance really think that the lack of chocolate and toothpaste was the main gripe of sensible Maltese during those years? And if yes, what does it say about their mindset?</p>
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