Boudewijn, $370 billion is not that much. An editorial in Business Week 1998 calculated this to 5 trillion dollars. I am still looking for that article.... The...
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James Cumes
JCumes@...
Apr 1, 2003 11:42 am
"...the US productive ability has deteriorated tremendously the past decades. One backbone of any country, physical infrastructure, is one core issue here." ...
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Arno Mong Daastoel
arnomd
Apr 1, 2003 2:35 pm
FYI. It seems like the US eventually will have a lot of leeway in administrating the Iraqi oil. It seems clear that the Iraqis will have to pay for an...
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Kevin Donnelly
kevin@...
Apr 1, 2003 3:15 pm
In message <3E888BA9.8EBD2293@...>, AMI <ami@...> writes ... I got no joy from the Times myself, so set about scanning the relevant pages in...
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Hudsonmi@...
Apr 1, 2003 3:22 pm
The Federal Reserve Board and the comptroller of the Currency have produced reports estimating the volume of U.S. currency held abroad. More money notes are...
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Arno Mong Daastoel
am@...
Apr 1, 2003 3:54 pm
Michael, here is his website : http://www.unsustainable.org/ Eamonn Fingleton is the author most recently of In Praise of Hard Industries: Why Manufacturing,...
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Henry C.K. Liu
hckliu
Apr 1, 2003 7:13 pm
The White House just annouced that the War on Iraq will end immediately with the surprise marraige of both of the Bush twin daughters to Saddams two sons. The...
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Arno Mong Daastoel
am@...
Apr 1, 2003 7:45 pm
China to take over USA's world role as "demander of last resort"... ;-) Arno http://www1.chinadaily.com.cn/news/cb/2003-04-01/110281.html China to drive Asian...
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Gunnar Tomasson
gunnar_tomasson
Apr 1, 2003 8:21 pm
Comment: There is no limit to China's capacity to act as the proverbial "engine of growth" in Asia - provided only that its suppliers are content to receive...
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Henry C.K. Liu
hckliu
Apr 1, 2003 9:08 pm
... Not if the RMB continues to be pegged to the dollar at 8.2 to 1. and not freely ocnvertable. If the RMB free floats, and is freely convertable, then there...
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G W Gardiner
geoffrey.gardiner@...
Apr 2, 2003 6:58 am
Michael, We obviously have totally different understandings of the term "totalitarian." To apply it to an economy with a free private sector stands it on its...
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G W Gardiner
geoffrey.gardiner@...
Apr 2, 2003 6:58 am
Stephen, I shall be reading your book, I hope, next week, and I look forward to finding a similarity between Lincoln's "Greenbacks" and British "Bradburies". ...
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G W Gardiner
geoffrey.gardiner@...
Apr 2, 2003 7:39 am
Arno, I assume you realise that this is also the basic theme of all the books of our friend John Mills. Geoff ... From: Arno Mong Daastoel To:...
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G W Gardiner
geoffrey.gardiner@...
Apr 2, 2003 7:39 am
The one Muslim people which is suporting the US in Iraq, and has a really effective army, is the Kurdish people. But Colin Powell is in Ankara to betray them...
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mmoy
Apr 2, 2003 7:55 am
I don't think that this has a chance of passing but I emailed the assemblyman asking him about it. Thought that you guys would find this amusing. Note: you can...
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Arno Mong Daastoel
am@...
Apr 2, 2003 12:24 pm
Sand. One of the most serious issues that has not been reported as far as I have noticed (excape in the GRU reports at www.iraqwar.ru ) , is the loss of 1/3 of...
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Hudsonmi@...
Apr 2, 2003 12:59 pm
This SEEMS right, Geoffrey, at first glance But in all likelihood Powell is telling Turkey NOT to send in its army and take over the Kirkuk oil fields --...
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Hudsonmi@...
Apr 2, 2003 1:00 pm
Well, Geoffrey, at a point content and style overlap. I can't read John Mills's books. They're too pedestrian and didactic. I found him self-centered in...
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Arno Mong Daastoel
am@...
Apr 2, 2003 1:13 pm
http://www1.iraqwar.ru/iraq-read_article.php?articleId=1398&lang=en April 1, 2003, 1404hrs MSK (GMT +4 DST), Moscow ... Active combat reconnaissance operations...
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Hudsonmi@...
Apr 2, 2003 1:14 pm
Dear Geoffrey, The reason I was so curt and short-tempered in my reply is that if you claim that Sumer was totalitarian, then you must admit that...
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Arno Mong Daastoel
arnomd
Apr 2, 2003 1:20 pm
This is about the first US-Iraq war. It is utterly horrific, - and gives some insight into why the Iraqis use the terms they do against those who are doing the...
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Henry C.K. Liu
hckliu
Apr 2, 2003 4:11 pm
Geopolitically, trading Turkey for the Kurds is not a smart move, any more than tradinng the UK for the IRA. Turkey is of critical importance to the West. It...
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Henry C.K. Liu
hckliu
Apr 2, 2003 5:19 pm
Former White House Chief economist Glen Hubbard just told CNBC that the country can afford both the war on Iraq and the Bush tax cut, which has been largely...
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Henry C.K. Liu
hckliu
Apr 2, 2003 5:25 pm
The price of sophistication is fragility. Henry...
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Wray, Randall
wrayr@...
Apr 2, 2003 5:27 pm
Can anyone say "surreal"? I can think of a number of past and present treasury officials i'd like to throw out of planes at 30,000 feet, but the following...
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Henry C.K. Liu
hckliu
Apr 2, 2003 6:19 pm
They will start an OTC derivative market for Iraq, and make the Iraqis a gift of what Warren Buffet calls financial weapons of mass destruction. The ultimate...
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Hudsonmi@...
Apr 2, 2003 6:51 pm
Dear Randy, In this week's New Yorker there is a short article on Odious Debts. The Treasury is going to brand Saddam an Odious Regime and call for a Clean ...
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Hudsonmi@...
Apr 2, 2003 7:00 pm
THE FINANCIAL PAGE A CLEAN SLATE FOR IRAQI The New Yorker Issue of 2003-04-07 In February, 1895, Cuban nationalists seeking independence from Spain took to the...
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Hudsonmi@...
Apr 2, 2003 7:05 pm
THE FINANCIAL PAGE A CLEAN SLATE FOR IRAQI The New Yorker Issue of 2003-04-07 In February, 1895, Cuban nationalists seeking independence from Spain took to the...
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Hudsonmi@...
Apr 2, 2003 7:09 pm
THE FINANCIAL PAGE A CLEAN SLATE FOR IRAQI The New Yorker Issue of 2003-04-07 In February, 1895, Cuban nationalists seeking independence from Spain took to the...
