Comments on: Economics – it’s all Greek to me http://nourishingobscurity.com/2010/02/12/economics-its-all-greek-to-me/ Wed, 23 May 2012 16:24:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: James Higham http://nourishingobscurity.com/2010/02/12/economics-its-all-greek-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-8178 James Higham Sat, 13 Feb 2010 07:09:32 +0000 http://nourishingobscurity.com/2010/02/12/economics-its-all-greek-to-me/#comment-8178 Mark - if it is sound - aye, there's the rub. Dearieme - yours and mine both. Xxxl - yes, I've read this. Mark – if it is sound – aye, there’s the rub.

Dearieme – yours and mine both.

Xxxl – yes, I’ve read this.

]]> By: xxxl http://nourishingobscurity.com/2010/02/12/economics-its-all-greek-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-8143 xxxl Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:21:24 +0000 http://nourishingobscurity.com/2010/02/12/economics-its-all-greek-to-me/#comment-8143 <a href="http://www.docstoc.com/docs/25301750/MARTIN-ARMSTRONG-THE-CLASH-OF-TWO-WORLDS" rel="nofollow">Martin Armstrong speaks again. A long read..... the last few pages are very pertinent</a> Martin Armstrong speaks again. A long read….. the last few pages are very pertinent

]]> By: dearieme http://nourishingobscurity.com/2010/02/12/economics-its-all-greek-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-8061 dearieme Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:46:48 +0000 http://nourishingobscurity.com/2010/02/12/economics-its-all-greek-to-me/#comment-8061 One of the key steps in the run up to the Great Financial Disaster, apparently, was getting permission in the US to sell suchlike insurance instruments, but have them classified as not-insurance for the purpose of regulation. That was a Congessional stunt back in Clinton's day (if my memory serves which, alas, it doesn't always.) One of the key steps in the run up to the Great Financial Disaster, apparently, was getting permission in the US to sell suchlike insurance instruments, but have them classified as not-insurance for the purpose of regulation. That was a Congessional stunt back in Clinton’s day (if my memory serves which, alas, it doesn’t always.)

]]> By: Mark Wadsworth http://nourishingobscurity.com/2010/02/12/economics-its-all-greek-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-8021 Mark Wadsworth Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:27:04 +0000 http://nourishingobscurity.com/2010/02/12/economics-its-all-greek-to-me/#comment-8021 That's a good summary of the situation, but it is not a one-way bet. If the underlying, underlying business or country is sound, then no amount of speculating and short-selling will dislodge it. They can only trigger things that should have happened anyway. That’s a good summary of the situation, but it is not a one-way bet.

If the underlying, underlying business or country is sound, then no amount of speculating and short-selling will dislodge it. They can only trigger things that should have happened anyway.

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