That rube.

Now look at him... stupid!

You poor slob.

My sweet, innocent darling.

So this is a classic con called the pigeon drop, and I was the pigeon.

I'm not interested in your idiotic conversation.

Poor noname slob.

Oh, you dear, sweet, naive man.

That poor sap. That card trick. Tragic.

Leave me alone, you slob.

Poor slob. Poor slob without a name.

Get his shirt. Stand still, you slob.

Let's get this clear. No one is running out now. That goose head is...

Now, am I being naive?

But simplistic free market optimism is misplaced for at least four reasons.

That the elite believes this story is one indication of just how condescending and out of touch its members are.

In his great novel, The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoevsky gives these words to Ivan, addressed to his naive and devout younger brother, Alyosha

The gullible Sancho Panza was meant to adopt the revolution s deceptive dogma as entitlement to wage a brutal war against all.

How did this simplistic, certainly unscientific, and frequently damaging approach gain such dominance?

There is nothing new about this simplistic approach, but unfortunately it is still not being properly interpreted by the United Nations.

Sometimes ironic statements are made about the optimism of the diplomacy of the 1920s, with its agreements to renounce war and its naive faith in the capacity of the League of Nations to resolve every difficulty.

Now, am I being naive? Is it naive to think that people could ever lay down their swords, and left and right could actually work together?

The global media should now go further, and begin to examine the many features of the rise of China and India that depart from the simplistic narrative of the triumph of market reform.

But who is being naïve? It is quite right to argue that governments should aim only to balance their budgets over the business cycle, running surpluses during booms and deficits when economic activity is weak.

It is particularly unfortunate that such a simplistic approach is put forward by the members of the Movement of Non Aligned Countries which, inspired by lofty ideals, has always been able to grasp the essence and underlying causes of conflicts by taking into account all their aspects.

Better technologies have allowed the world economy to continue to grow despite tough resource constraints in the past. But simplistic free market optimism is misplaced for at least four reasons.

Any other approach, especially political co option in the naive hope that terrorists will eventually rectify their ways, not only sends the wrong message about international counter terrorism efforts, but also endangers governing authorities and the lives of innocents around the world.

In his great novel, The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoevsky gives these words to Ivan, addressed to his naive and devout younger brother, Alyosha If the sufferings of children go to make up the sum of sufferings which is necessary for the purchase of truth, then I say beforehand that the entire truth is not worth such a price.

The genuinely naïve or ignorant position is to believe that statesmanship and foolproof controls, rather than sheer dumb luck, have enabled the world to go almost seven decades without a nuclear weapons catastrophe.

It is quite right to argue that governments should aim only to balance their budgets over the business cycle, running surpluses during booms and deficits when economic activity is weak. But it is wrong to think that massive accumulation of debt is a free lunch.