{"id":560,"date":"2007-12-10T05:06:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-10T05:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clusterfamilyoffice.com\/blog\/?p=560"},"modified":"2007-12-10T05:06:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-10T05:06:00","slug":"el-paciente-americano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clusterfamilyoffice.com\/en\/el-paciente-americano\/","title":{"rendered":"The American Patient."},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_VIxOq4VLwLE\/R1mVSgy4SUI\/AAAAAAAAAH8\/6xdckZJEdHI\/s1600-h\/homeless-716411.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 285px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_VIxOq4VLwLE\/R1mVSgy4SUI\/AAAAAAAAAH8\/6xdckZJEdHI\/s320\/homeless-716411.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5141304594893654338\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>The <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_0\">US<\/span>.<span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_1\">US<\/span>. are in a sorry state. We are not referring to the widespread chronic obesity among its inhabitants, nor to the mental instability of the armed schoolchildren who carry out massacres at their schools. We are referring to its economy and its geopolitical situation: a mortgage crisis that includes the sharp fall in the value of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rankia.com\/blog\/toros-osos-y-borricos\/uploaded_images\/citi-766989.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American banking<\/a> in general, terrorist threat <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_2\">Islamist<\/span> on its own territory, pseudo-war<span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_3\">Vietnamese<\/span> in the Persian Gulf, their enemies <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_4\">southerners<\/span> beyond the <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_5\">Castro supporters<\/span> are on the rise, a nuclear threat from Russian-backed extremists, etc\u2026<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The invasive virus coursing through American veins and causing that state of <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_7\">shock<\/span> with a very high fever and blood test results that were completely out of the norm, <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_8\">is appropriate<\/span> from <span class=\"blsp-spelling-corrected\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_9\">countries<\/span> such as China, Venezuela, <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_10\">Iraq<\/span>, <span class=\"blsp-spelling-corrected\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_11\">Russia<\/span>, Cuba, <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_12\">Bolivia<\/span>, Iran and others who have injected a host of pathogens into the US economy. Their bad habits and the unsustainable domestic credit practices they have exported have done the rest. Their constant actions have ceased to <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_13\">to be<\/span>, his life is in danger, and with it the survival of Western economies; for our part, we are trying to protect and save the life of our capitalist model with all the resources at our disposal. Europe has thus become the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msf.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">healthcare team<\/a> on which the necessary recovery of what was once the world\u2019s largest and strongest economy for decades depends.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s right, the US\u2019s best and most powerful weapon has always been its position <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_14\">No.<\/span>. 1 in the global economy. The traditional driving force of capitalism is now set to face far greater difficulties due to China\u2019s unfair competition and the other \u2018viruses\u2019 that have been injected into it, causing it to become seriously ill <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_15\">worrying<\/span> for those of us who depend on this breadwinner. There are many of us doctors and nurses who are treating him, medicating him, feeding him, caring for him and even praying in various languages and to various gods for his recovery. Europe, like other countries in the rest of the capitalist world, is sacrificing its currency, its banking and corporate profits, and whatever else is needed to restore <a style=\"font-style: italic;\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_English_Patient\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American patient<\/a>. Risking catching some (or all) of their ailments, and with the prospect of falling ill just as they are recovering <span style=\"font-style: italic;\" class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_16\">Yankee<\/span> should that happen. It is possible that in the future the patient may have to act as a doctor and vice versa, but I doubt that, once back on their feet and in a white coat, they would make such sacrifices to save the life of a European patient, even if that patient were terminally ill.<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_VIxOq4VLwLE\/R1lpMAy4SSI\/AAAAAAAAAHs\/WVtXW6vSpU4\/s1600-h\/Bloodbank.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 418px; height: 298px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_VIxOq4VLwLE\/R1lpMAy4SSI\/AAAAAAAAAHs\/WVtXW6vSpU4\/s320\/Bloodbank.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5141256104712882466\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>For the time being, blood transfusions worldwide are <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_17\">USA<\/span>... essentially from Europe, whose blood type seems particularly compatible with that of the North American, is keeping the economy of that ailing world leader afloat. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">One euro short<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">a policy that keeps the dollar at levels that would revive the dead, turns the Plan <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_18\">Marshall<\/span> in the 1947 singles <span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_19\">peanuts<\/span><\/span> now repaid, unwittingly, with usurious interest<\/span>. We could talk about European altruism or the instinct for survival, since if Dad <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_20\">Yankee<\/span> (the head of the family) dies, the rest of his European offspring will have a very, very hard time of it. What seems crystal clear to us is that this massive transfusion continues day after day, whilst Europe\u2019s cheeks grow pale and wither away <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_21\">extremely proud<\/span> the \u00abstrength of the euro, the world\u2019s safe-haven currency\u00bb (<span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_22\">sic<\/span>). A rampant crisis in which we find ourselves trapped, with no room for manoeuvre in the short to medium term. Perhaps the lack of blood flow to our brain (the one upstairs) is one of the reasons why our beloved European stock market keeps rising and rising, oblivious to reality <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_23\">macroeconomic<\/span> and the impending perfect storm.<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_VIxOq4VLwLE\/R1mcegy4SVI\/AAAAAAAAAIE\/T-8s1eyNdwU\/s1600-h\/perfect_storm_1-796069.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 420px; height: 307px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_VIxOq4VLwLE\/R1mcegy4SVI\/AAAAAAAAAIE\/T-8s1eyNdwU\/s320\/perfect_storm_1-796069.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5141312497633478994\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Personally, I am less terrified by this anaemic scenario in the Old Continent than by the capitalist collapse of the New World, which could lead to the extinction of a financial system that would sweep away the very foundations of global capitalism. That is why I believe that Europe\u2019s sacrifice is necessary if we are to revive the American patient by means of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyfx.com\/charts\/ChartStation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transfusions<\/a>, vitamins, <a href=\"http:\/\/freshfamilyoffice.blogspot.com\/2007\/11\/el-antibitico-para-la-sepsis-de-crdito.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">medication<\/a>, rest and pampering. Their immune system starts to kick in and the scavengers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackstone.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">native<\/a> o <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/11\/27\/business\/27citi.html?bl&amp;ex=1196830800&amp;en=891f7f26514c44ff&amp;ei=5087%0A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">foreigners<\/a> help prevent life-threatening complications.<\/p>\n<p>In Europe, it\u2019s all about cash, but <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">at <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_24\">US<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_25\">US<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> It's about time to start investing<\/span>. As always, the article is insightful, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rankia.com\/blog\/toros-osos-y-borricos\/2007\/11\/eurodlar-la-moneda-ha-cado-de-canto.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_26\">Jose M\u00aa D\u00edaz Vallejo<\/span> EURO\/DOLLAR \u2013 The currency has taken a nosedive<\/a>, in which he gives a few practical examples of the advantage that the recipient gains over time compared to the donor.<\/p>\n<p>European altruism, solidarity or <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">obligation<\/span> to save the sick person, lest they run us over or leave us helpless in the face of a new (dis-)<span class=\"blsp-spelling-corrected\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_27\">order<\/span> worldwide with the enemies of <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_28\">North America<\/span> on the head.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps Europe\u2019s future inevitably lies in taking a hit in order to save the lives of the <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_29\">US<\/span>.<span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_30\">US<\/span>. and then cross our fingers that the US leadership will be able to look after us during our economic decline, which is just around the corner \u2013 as distant as the recovery of our American patient.<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_VIxOq4VLwLE\/R1lpeAy4STI\/AAAAAAAAAH0\/ldtyHDmxyKQ\/s1600-h\/3+kings.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 376px; height: 217px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_VIxOq4VLwLE\/R1lpeAy4STI\/AAAAAAAAAH0\/ldtyHDmxyKQ\/s320\/3+kings.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5141256413950527794\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>A good <span style=\"font-style: italic;\" class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_31\">shot<\/span> from <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_32\">Yuan<\/span> expensive oil and cheap oil would revive the ailing economy and, incidentally, the team <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Doctors Without Borders<\/span> in spectacular fashion. I\u2019ll tell my children to put it on their list for the Three Kings\u2026 from the East, of course.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year. Here\u2019s to a better year.<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los EE.UU. est\u00e1n enfermos. No nos referimos a la obesidad cr\u00f3nica mayoritaria de sus habitantes ni a los desequilibrios mentales de los escolares armados que masacran su instituto. Nos referimos a su econom\u00eda y a su escenario geopol\u00edtico: Crisis hipotecaria que incluye la ca\u00edda en picado de los valores de la banca americana en general, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sin-categorizar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clusterfamilyoffice.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clusterfamilyoffice.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clusterfamilyoffice.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clusterfamilyoffice.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clusterfamilyoffice.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/clusterfamilyoffice.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clusterfamilyoffice.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clusterfamilyoffice.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clusterfamilyoffice.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}