tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1583964906309382179.post1360770915470265201..comments2023-08-21T15:36:43.005+02:00Comments on Rosemary Bailey Brown's Married to a Serb Blog: Real Estate Sales Plummet in Serbia & Croatia, But Prices Are ... UP?Rosemary Bailey Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530156794927503553noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1583964906309382179.post-82660935516151617842009-08-12T20:16:37.866+02:002009-08-12T20:16:37.866+02:00Croats are generally distrustful of bank instrumen...Croats are generally distrustful of bank instruments, be they "exotic" or what we Americans consider "normal" such as mortgages. Individually and as a country, they don't like the idea of debt. They live in a way that television economists like Suze Orman are always preaching to US viewers.tinicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12066390957935520495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1583964906309382179.post-46926040969956555262009-02-21T07:51:00.000+01:002009-02-21T07:51:00.000+01:00LOL, gotta love the Balkans and their mentality!LOL, gotta love the Balkans and their mentality!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1583964906309382179.post-29769409115259817092009-02-17T05:52:00.000+01:002009-02-17T05:52:00.000+01:00Capitalism is one big Ponzi scheme. LOL. We never ...Capitalism is one big Ponzi scheme. LOL. We never actually *own* anything; we're always in the process of paying it off. We owned more things in a communist country than we do here, and at least we weren't slaves to some bank or a credit card debt. And did I mention that the health care was free too? Oh well. Good ol' days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com