Comments on: Our Far-flung Correspondents

By: Ed.

Ed. — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:47:07 +0000

The story goes that Shumacher (he of Small Is Beautiful) was giving a lecture in East Germany. The Communist slogan of the day was “Catch up and overtake”, i.e., the economies of the West.

“The economies of the West are light a freight train, speeding out of control towards an abyss where the bridge is out. But we will overtake them!”

By: Krassimir

Krassimir — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:22:01 +0000

Hi,
I don’t want to cause much trouble, however I am not sure if the illustration should be here, or a link to the original source:
http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15213108

Thanks!

By: Horace Gaims

Horace Gaims — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:11:01 +0000

Nice cartoon—however, Communism is deader than any door nail known to us.

By: Teena

Teena — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:22:39 +0000

The fruits of their labour…..
Top heavy again!