Chris, Mating choices are a fascinating subject. You concede that any firm conclusions are difficult, so you might be interested in the extract below. James In...
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ChrisOfDulwich@...
j7chm
Apr 9, 2002 5:59 pm
. James: It is a fair point that the so-called "self-regulating" professions such as lawyers, accountants and doctors run a sweetheart regime to their own ...
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ChrisOfDulwich@...
j7chm
Apr 9, 2002 5:47 pm
. "arno :all i mean is that the usa is importing tons of stuff from china, paying with dollars. yes it is a tautology that the chinese must be acccumulating...
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j.schukte.baeuminghaus
cresscourt@...
Apr 9, 2002 4:58 pm
Randy, You're thinking of something different. I think the idea is that emnployers "earn" what they invest. James ... "earned"....
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j.schukte.baeuminghaus
cresscourt@...
Apr 9, 2002 4:45 pm
Randy, Not quite the quote I seem to recall; but it catches the point. James...
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Wray, Randall
wrayr@...
Apr 9, 2002 3:23 pm
arno all i mean is that the usa is importing tons of stuff from china, paying with dollars. yes it is a tautology that the chinese must be acccumulating...
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Arno Mong Daastoel
am@...
Apr 9, 2002 2:59 pm
Good point. In fact I think normal logic would too in norder to evade tautologies: If something goes up, the rest relatively speaking must go down. Or did you...
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Wray, Randall
wrayr@...
Apr 9, 2002 2:37 pm
"The flood of money from China came just in time. Europe's share of foreign-capital flows into the U.S. fell from roughly 66% in 2000 to 51% last year,...
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Wray, Randall
wrayr@...
Apr 9, 2002 2:32 pm
james in the usa, workers spend about $1.10 for every $1 earned. i'm not sure i'd want to say that capitalists "earn" their incomes. but there's little doubt...
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Wray, Randall
wrayr@...
Apr 9, 2002 2:30 pm
james keynes said something like "thieves may do no harm as a bubble on a steady stream of enterprise, but the position becomes serious when enterprise becomes...
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Arno Mong Daastoel
arnomd
Apr 9, 2002 2:06 pm
FYI: The Reluctant Imperialist: Terrorism, Failed States, and the Case for American Empire By Sebastian Mallaby From Foreign Affairs, March/April 2002 ...
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j.schukte.baeuminghaus
cresscourt@...
Apr 9, 2002 10:28 am
Chris, We must always bear in mind that self-regulation means no regulation. The "regulating" body is like a loving mother who sees no evil in her offspring -...
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j.schukte.baeuminghaus
cresscourt@...
Apr 9, 2002 10:18 am
Chris, There's a cliché, isn't there - Workers (employees) spend what they earn, employers earn what they spend. How true is this - if at all? James ... From:...
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j.schukte.baeuminghaus
cresscourt@...
Apr 9, 2002 10:18 am
Michael, I agree. The tendency is for short-term speculation - financial activity - instead of being the froth on the Guinness, becomes the Guinness itself. A...
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j.schukte.baeuminghaus
cresscourt@...
Apr 9, 2002 10:18 am
Randy, I haven't had time yet to take in the full report but this is very much the basis of what I've been advocating in Victory Over Want (VOW) - ...
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Geoffrey Gardiner
geoffrey.gardiner@...
Apr 9, 2002 10:18 am
Dear Arno, Sorry I have been otherwise occupied for a few days and had not confirmed that the messages to my new e-mail address are coming through merrily and...
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Arno Mong Daastoel
am@...
Apr 9, 2002 10:16 am
FYI: http://www.businessweek.com/@@gfp9wGcQs1noJQUA/premium/content/02_13/b3776150.htm?$sa APRIL 1, 2002 INTERNATIONAL -- FINANCE Where Does China Stash Its...
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ChrisOfDulwich@...
j7chm
Apr 9, 2002 8:01 am
. The Ketchup Empire and its variants Dear Gang: James is onto a good thing here and, no, I am not being entirely facetious either. Between Coca-Cola,...
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Arno Mong Daastoel
am@...
Apr 8, 2002 9:30 pm
Chris, I have no problem with this and I hope I am careful enough not trying to teach the 'natives' their own history. ;-) There was a transition from one to...
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Arno Mong Daastoel
am@...
Apr 8, 2002 9:22 pm
Re: [gang8] 'It takes an empire,' say several U.S. thinkersDon't worry James. I understand I think. I see good sides to fascism as well. (I am not joking) They...
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j.schukte.baeuminghaus
cresscourt@...
Apr 8, 2002 6:14 pm
Arno, There's a certain rightness in this thinking about an American Empire.. The Americans, having been so firm in their determination to bring other empires...
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ChrisOfDulwich@...
j7chm
Apr 8, 2002 4:56 pm
. Dea Arno: I don't think there needs to be any confusion about this. 1. The British Empire was that world network of countries whose Government was run by...
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ChrisOfDulwich@...
j7chm
Apr 8, 2002 4:27 pm
. Dear Michael: We are all singing from the same hymn sheet for once! High interest crowds out investment ? Absolutely. I recall that the original argument...
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Arno Mong Daastoel
arnomd
Apr 8, 2002 1:09 pm
A few articles on the new builders of empire in the USA: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A37019-2001Aug20?language=printer washingtonpost.com Empire...
FYI: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/02_15/c3778040.htm#B3778042 APRIL 15, 2002 ECONOMIC TRENDS Behind the Housing Boom Foreigners are investing...
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Wray, Randall
wrayr@...
Apr 7, 2002 6:39 pm
all this was posted to afee by my current colleague; thought most of you would enjoy it. This is a most interesting discussion (though I'm not sure how we got ...
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Arno Mong Daastoel
am@...
Apr 7, 2002 5:41 pm
Geoffrey, I have written several letters to you directly but you do no seem to get them. The issue is that after you started to use the email address...
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Gunnar Tomasson
gunnar_tomasson
Apr 7, 2002 3:32 am
Dark Matter and Energy http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?14@...^2783744@.f0e00c9/994 -- MZÂ ... New York Times on the Web Forums Science Dark...
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Hudsonmi@...
Apr 6, 2002 8:35 pm
In a message dated 4/6/02 3:02:15 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Dear Chris, The point I was making was that high wages increase productivity, quite apart from...
