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In the first part you left out something.
Google QE3, see what you think n/t
RobVG —
10/4/2012 12:38:03 AM
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Google QE3, see what you think n/t
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An essay on finance capital
- ER -
10/3/2012 1:42:47 PM
Real capitalists.
- SDAI-Tech -
10/4/2012 12:39:23 AM
In the first part you left out something.
- alcaray -
10/3/2012 7:09:07 PM
Google QE3, see what you think n/t
- RobVG -
10/4/2012 12:38:03 AM
I think it does not have anything to do with the fact I related.
- alcaray -
10/4/2012 5:50:19 AM
I thought you were talking about the Fed feeding money into the economy.
- RobVG -
10/4/2012 3:35:58 PM
Well, it is a completely different tool.
- alcaray -
10/4/2012 6:56:23 PM
You have me confused for an antagonist. I'll leave you be... n/t
- RobVG -
10/5/2012 2:29:45 AM
I really wasn't trying to sound antagonistic. I am bewildered.
- alcaray -
10/5/2012 3:39:34 AM
No problem. Sometimes I just want to talk economics with someone.
- RobVG -
10/5/2012 4:14:19 PM
So you want to discuss QE, then.
- alcaray -
10/5/2012 8:45:25 PM
I know what you mean
- Robert -
10/5/2012 5:47:40 PM
I think it's all Tom's fault.
- RobVG -
10/6/2012 12:03:31 AM
It's turtles all the way down
- Robert -
10/3/2012 7:55:48 PM
Yes, and Hamilton's thinking was dead wrong.
- TB -
10/4/2012 6:28:35 PM
I have read the Founders, TB. I have read Hamilton, TB. And you, TB, are no Founder
- Robert -
10/4/2012 10:52:24 PM
Talk to 16th century Spain for pointers on how trouble-free the gold standard is. (or the Hunt brothers)
- alcaray -
10/5/2012 6:06:05 PM
Oh, sorry.
- TB -
10/4/2012 11:42:19 PM
Here's something interesting:
- alcaray -
10/5/2012 6:19:37 PM
Re: Oh, sorry.
- Jody -
10/5/2012 12:04:04 AM
Once you go beyond the barter system, it's a natural progression that governments all over the world have felt their way through for many centuries.
- alcaray -
10/3/2012 8:41:12 PM
It had something to do with the Andrew Jackson Administration, didn't it?.
- ER -
10/3/2012 7:17:50 PM
Honestly, I don't know.
- alcaray -
10/3/2012 7:23:58 PM
Control and abuse
- TB -
10/3/2012 4:24:11 PM
Never have I seen you argue for regulation.
- alcaray -
10/3/2012 7:16:51 PM
Don't know much 'bout economee...
- ER -
10/3/2012 7:13:39 PM
Someone needs to install a fusible link. n/t
- RobVG -
10/5/2012 2:43:17 AM
Re: Don't know much 'bout economee...
- Jody -
10/4/2012 9:55:07 AM
Holy cripes, you went there.
- alcaray -
10/3/2012 7:18:42 PM
A lot of truth but banks allow us to pay over time. We voluntarily enter into contract to finance houses and businesses. I wouldn't want save and wait 30 years to buy a house. n/t
- RobVG -
10/3/2012 2:52:30 PM
Another way to look at this that's closer to your pov.
- RobVG -
10/3/2012 3:05:34 PM
You might want to look at the money you spent on rent. It should probably be added to the cost of the home with interest forgone.
- RobVG -
10/3/2012 3:41:15 PM
I'm not vilifying anybody.
- ER -
10/3/2012 6:40:49 PM
"Encouraging consumers to buy luxuries on credit..." is very good business.
- alcaray -
10/3/2012 7:31:08 PM
What's profitable isn't always ethical.
- ER -
10/3/2012 8:14:52 PM
Like I said, credit is not evil, it is just easily abused, by both borrower and lender.
- ER -
10/3/2012 2:56:53 PM
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