Dear Friends of the American Monetary Institute, FIRST: We are going to have an election on Tuesday that should allow us to express our thoughts and desires on...
AMI
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Nov 5, 2006 5:40 pm
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Gunnar, Geoffrey and Chris M, You may remember that in our 1998 meeting in London with Lvov, I promised to send him a resume of Norwegian oil policy, after...
Arno, You are wholly right in your assessment. AMI's supporters have ideas from the 1930s 'reformers'. I suppose, like them, their basic want is that all money...
Geoffrey Gardiner
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Nov 6, 2006 7:33 pm
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Dear Gang, I would like to let you know that you can now order copies of "America's Suicidal Statecraft" on www.Amazon.com, www.Abebooks.com, www.Alibris.com,...
Dear Gang, I am engaged in a discussion on inflation statistics. The official statistics, and academic studies, seem to refute the idea that the intro of the...
Dirk, I've re-sent what are, I think, the main two messages I sent you on statistics previously. I think most governments - and such authorities as the EU...
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Gardiner to Gang8, Michael Moore, and John Mills The Bank of England has again raised interest rates in order to fight inflation. Did they cosider the...
Geoffrey Gardiner
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Nov 10, 2006 9:11 am
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Geoffrey, It is incredible that institutions of the quality and experience of the Bank of England should persist, as they have now done for decades, in...
Well, yes, of course, but the media generally seem to be in a state of denial. I rang the Radio 5 phone-in programme yesterday. Asked what point I wanted to...
Kevin Donnelly ntl
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Nov 10, 2006 12:23 pm
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Kevin, How does the old saw go? A man or men, however gifted, if they are convinced against their will, are of the same opinion still. On pages 233-4 of...
Geoffrey, Interestingly, this tool is omnipotent and should indeed be a study of the most knowledgeable experts on snake-oil remedies. ;-) Across the North...
Arno, The effect here of an interests rate hike here though, is to lower asset prices. In other words, the effect of a hike produce different effects on...
Yes, and when an interest hike lowers rents it also causes business costs to decline, thereby counteracting the increase in capital costs that the hike itself...
Arno, "...when an interest hike lowers rents..." Generally, isn't it likely that a hike in interest rates will raise rents - or tend to start a trend towards...
Dear Gang. Here is something which I posted today on an Icelandic Internet forum - in translation. The subject matter is Lawrence Summers' Los Angeles Times...
Sorry for the delay in passing this letter on to you. I forgot. If Uwe bothers to send this, it must be worth reading. Arno ... From: Dr. Uwe Burkheiser To:...
Dear Gunnar, You have put the situation dramatically - and therefore very effectively - as indeed you have done over the years. There has certainly been a...
Dear James, First, I checked out Amazon and Borders last week and your book was not yet available. This morning I checked out Amazon again - the book is now...
Gunnar, "Intellectual cowards, one and all." How true that is. You and very few others have shown courage. Let's hope that will, at some point, receive...
I would support Peter's analysis. it is very practical. Geoffrey ... From: Arno Mong Daastoel To: gang8@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 6:40 AM ...
Geoffrey Gardiner
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Nov 15, 2006 8:46 pm
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Arno, I do not expect to be able to see the book, but it must have been written before the publication of the Puteoli documents which reveal a Roman banking...
Geoffrey Gardiner
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Nov 16, 2006 6:39 pm
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To put the matter of Churchill's emphasis on market access clearer I should have included the following praise by Winston for Italian and German Fascism, just...
Kevin, There is no difference whatsoever between Bradburies and modern banknotes. One can not issue them in unlimited quantities, but only to the level they...
Geoffrey Gardiner
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Nov 16, 2006 8:11 pm
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James, you asked for comments... - so, a few minor points... so far (100 pages).... VERY interesting themes !!! - The references in the notes are written in an...
Thanks, Arno. It's good to know you've managed the first 100 pages. I hope the going gets easier and easier as you reach towards that formidable goal of 600!! ...
Arno, In the piece below, Jacques looks at the imperial decline of the United States with a good deal of validity - but with a blindness to the fundamental...
Good try, Kevin, but it is like banging one's against a brick wall. It is odd that the British media are so out of touch. The academics have latched onto the...