Comments on: Does the case of Chile provide any lessons for us?

By: Pilot230

Pilot230 — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:18:26 +0000

Wow Jeffery speaks a wounder if he got the ok from Jagdeo.

By: Caesar Agustus

Caesar Agustus — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:20:36 +0000

Maybe. So, why not follow him and be born again? Be in the winner’s circle instead of the losers circle.

By: Caesar Agustus

Caesar Agustus — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:40:42 +0000

The case provides a lesson in one sense.Had there been a PNC ouster in 1978, Guyana would not have been destroyed.

By: michael tannassee

michael tannassee — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:22:02 +0000

hey Andy ,, all dat Jeffrey write is pieces of data as read and understood by him and pieced together to make a statement on the surge into national wealth of the Chilean economy based on Pinochets military rule !

what is to be deducted from his missive is not very lucid ,, except to say burnhams rule may have concepts of which may be good for GUYANA ! u on de adah haan ,, tek wah de dactah write ,, capy 3 paragraph an gih we yuh conclusion ,, dat sound like some pundits at hindu weddins ,, weh yuh kyan hare dem inviting de gaderin to wish “these 2 young couple happy weddin life” ,,,,,

By: colin2nice

colin2nice — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:32:55 +0000

Dr. Jeffrey did nothing or very little to change anything while he was a member of the PPP government. How come all of a sudden he lecturing us? Is he “born again”?

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:05:16 +0000

Dr. Jeffrey, a one-time ‘radical socialist’ apparently has morphed into a ‘realistic pragmatist’.

Socialism has some good features and have been incorporated in several democracies that encourage free market systems, but unless the ecoonmy is based on sound principles for development, democracy will always be a dream, even if teh democracy is totally anti-socialist. Consider these three points extracted fro, Dr. Jeffrey’s letter:-

1. Asked about the secret of Chile’s growth and poverty reduction, Juan Gabriel Valdes, head of the Chilean Image Foundation, (in the above mentioned article) claimed that “it was largely political: the country’s ability to create a national consensus to pursue a market economy, democracy and social policy. Political stability and economic certainly attracted investments and that helped the country grow.”

2. In 1991, the first finance minister of the new democratic government, Alejandro Foxley, claimed that, “We may not like the government that came before us. But they did many things right. We have inherited an economy that is an asset.” All the governments since 1990 have maintained the more or less market-oriented economic and social models inherited from the military regime.

3. Chile’s development raises many interesting questions about the relationship between development and democracy, political continuity and consensus building, etc. In relation to the former, Guyana and the other countries below have all suffered from years of autocratic rule and the condition in which Guyana has emerged is most telling.

CONCLUSION: I think Guyana needs to borrow the book; not just take a page from the book! Then again, can our leaders read and comprehend? They say, if you don’t want certain politicians to know how to develop a country based on case studies and precedents, don’t put the facts in a book, cause they don’t like to read certain books.