6 January 2002 The belief which Chris and I have that government should guide, as gently as possible, capital investment, produces some interesting thoughts. ...
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Ggard97342@...
Jan 6, 2002 3:19 pm
6 January 2002 The belief which Chris and I have that government should guide, as gently as possible, capital investment, produces some interesting thoughts. ...
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Ggard97342@...
Jan 6, 2002 3:17 pm
5 January 2002 Michael's chapter asks "Why were the British so weak in the 1945 in their negotiations with the US?" We have all been thinking about that, and...
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Gunnar Tómasson
gunnar_tomasson
Jan 5, 2002 11:42 pm
FYI. Gunnar ... From: Gunnar Tómasson To: pkt@... Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 2:28 PM Subject: Re: two currencies and Korean war ... ...
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ChrisOfDulwich@...
j7chm
Jan 5, 2002 8:30 am
. Dear Gang: The cleverest example of thius I ever came across was during my (brief) sojourn as a Commodity Futures Trader in the early 1970s. I worked mainly...
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Ggard97342@...
Jan 4, 2002 7:03 pm
In a message dated 17/12/2001 14:17:06 GMT Standard Time, Hudsonmi@... ... I have only just got round to reading all the reported discussion. It seemed a...
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Ggard97342@...
Jan 4, 2002 7:03 pm
In a message dated 19/12/2001 19:54:32 GMT Standard Time, Hudsonmi@... ... Yes, Michael, this is true except what makes you think that being a state ...
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Ggard97342@...
Jan 4, 2002 7:02 pm
In a message dated 19/12/2001 16:31:22 GMT Standard Time, ... Dear James, What amazed me during my career was that the private sector was run by people of less...
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Ggard97342@...
Jan 4, 2002 7:02 pm
In a message dated 18/12/2001 16:02:54 GMT Standard Time, S.Dullien@... ... Dear Sebastian, Many thanks for you comment. Your remark prompted me to...
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Ggard97342@...
Jan 4, 2002 7:01 pm
In a message dated 17/12/2001 16:54:00 GMT Standard Time, Hudsonmi@... ... Surely it is transferred from one group of people to another. That is what we ...
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ChrisOfDulwich@...
j7chm
Jan 4, 2002 6:12 pm
. Dear Gang: In an IM session yesterday (something we folk on AOL tend to do) Michael asked me for sources on the doings of the British government at that...
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Henry C.K. Liu
hckliu
Jan 4, 2002 6:52 am
Euro's Impact on China Profound Xinhuanet 2002-01-04 13:56:11 Beijing, January 4 (Xinhuanet) -- While the long-awaited debut of euro banknotes and coins on...
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ChrisOfDulwich@...
j7chm
Jan 3, 2002 4:09 pm
. Interesting debate about British economic prowess on the internartional stage after WW2. The critical point is that Britain had never previously experienced...
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Gunnar Tómasson
gunnar_tomasson
Jan 3, 2002 3:52 pm
Re: Keynesian Christmas!-- and the collapsing internationalJames: Re. the following: If the IMF can't do anything beyond what you describe, then let's be rid...
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Hudsonmi@...
Jan 3, 2002 2:38 pm
In a message dated 1/3/02 8:49:42 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... Dear James, The irony was thtat what Australia saved for Britain and its Sterling Area was all...
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schulte-baeuminghaus
cresscourt
Jan 3, 2002 1:48 pm
Dear Michael, This is interesting but I'm not sure that it does not overdo the Yanks-were-tough-the-Brits-were-weak bit. I've given you my impression of the...
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ChrisOfDulwich@...
j7chm
Jan 3, 2002 12:34 pm
. Dear Gang: Can't quite get used to all this stuff about Bob Skidelsky. He used to write book reviews for me at Oxford when I was editing Isis. Chris...
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Hudsonmi@...
Jan 2, 2002 6:57 pm
Thanks, Geoffrey. your approval means a lot to me. I'll be in London from Jan. 17 to 24. I've now completed the super imperialism rewrite, but i'm re-editing ...
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Ggard97342@...
Jan 2, 2002 2:04 pm
Michael, Chapter Ten is great. Henry's comments are also right. Geoffrey...
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Hudsonmi@...
Jan 2, 2002 1:40 pm
Dear James, Here is from my summary of the 1940-41 Lend Lease negotiations and British Loan: Summary As had occurred after World War I and again in 1933 at the...
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Ggard97342@...
Jan 2, 2002 1:01 pm
1st Jan 2002 For me Gunnar's remarks below are a gems of correct analysis succintly expressed. Geoffrey In a message dated 31/12/2001 21:05:58 GMT Standard...
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schulte-baeuminghaus
cresscourt
Jan 2, 2002 12:51 pm
Chris, Excellent. But wasn't there effective monitoring of Marshall Plan aid by Western Governments through OEEC? Didn't the Australian Banking Act of 1944...
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John O'Donnell
jackodonnell...
Jan 2, 2002 9:35 am
Gunnar Tómasson wrote: <<SNIP>> ... Not quite. There are two issues involved -- What gives money value? and What determines the amount of value? The first...
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schulte-baeuminghaus
cresscourt
Jan 2, 2002 4:00 am
Dear Michael, You're right that British negotiators did not appear "strong" but you have to remember the British position just after the war. It was not just a...
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Henry C.K. Liu
hckliu
Jan 1, 2002 7:56 pm
It seems clear that Keynesian deficit financing to stimulate demand works only when the credit bubble has burst. Deficit financing does not work, as evident...
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ChrisOfDulwich@...
j7chm
Jan 1, 2002 7:16 pm
. Michael asks us : The new economic managers in Argentina want to create $15 billion of credit to spur employment. This created a panic as people claimed it...
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Henry C.K. Liu
hckliu
Jan 1, 2002 7:03 pm
... After Dunkirk, The British had to make a choice: either lose the war to Germany, or to the US. Churchill chose the US, based on the time-honored theory of...
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Hudsonmi@...
Jan 1, 2002 6:19 pm
Dear James, Thanks for your reply. I'm sorry you couldn't download my Word attachment. My point was indeed that sterling WAS weak, and precisely for that ...
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schulte-baeuminghaus
cresscourt
Jan 1, 2002 11:47 am
Dear Michael, I can't download your attachment so please put anything I say below in that context. As an outsider, though involved in some aspects, I did not...
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Gunnar Tómasson
gunnar_tomasson
Dec 31, 2001 9:05 pm
Henry: Brief comments on your points. 1. The State Theory of Money assserts that the fundamental function of taxation is to create on the part of the public a...
