tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8682309.post380872412904475114..comments2008-03-19T02:30:44.510-04:00Comments on Friends of Ethiopia::: Eleni Gabre-Madhin: Building a Commodities Market ...FRIENDS of ETHIOPIA::http://www.blogger.com/profile/16517762548291112118noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8682309.post-62346437719203479532008-03-17T03:53:00.000-04:002008-03-17T03:53:00.000-04:00I am not to sure I agree with this comment. Have w...I am not to sure I agree with this comment. Have we become so cynical that we have come to see every potential idea as a threat to our ideals of the free Ethiopia??? I prefer to give this lady a chance not only for the farmers' sake but because I know that tomorrow someone might be questioning my motifs of all my well-intentioned visions as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8682309.post-37791636401108537362007-11-14T02:31:00.000-05:002007-11-14T02:31:00.000-05:00The lady resembles or sounds like a neo-con econom...The lady resembles or sounds like a neo-con economist who maybe using "peasant marketing" inorder to separate the peasant from his crops via a market mechanism. Many modern economist insist that comodity markets are the final step towards becoming an integral part of market driven policies.<BR/>The lady needs to come clean in that no one majik system liberate the poor. The comodity market<BR/>in south Africa has not done much to help poor Africans there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com