tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249851329008146395.post1392956859388652142..comments2023-10-30T09:11:12.922-07:00Comments on Clouded Outlook: Alice's bubble wrapAlice Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05753570123987780947noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249851329008146395.post-74293811616460150492008-08-07T09:39:00.000-07:002008-08-07T09:39:00.000-07:00You chose the right name for your post though I th...You chose the right name for your post though I think 'Bubble Rap' would have been better - I have you down as a urban/street kinda chick. <br><br>Perhaps you should start blogging in Jamaican patois.Electro-Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249851329008146395.post-36346179048410645922008-08-07T09:45:00.002-07:002008-08-07T09:45:00.002-07:00"Since we followed all the US mistakes on the..."Since we followed all the US mistakes on the way up, why not do the same on the way down...."<br><br>I'd go further. See my post of fractional reserve banking yesterday.Sackersonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249851329008146395.post-61807297367847319802008-08-07T09:45:00.001-07:002008-08-07T09:45:00.001-07:00Thanks for the suggestion Kevin, but blogging in J...Thanks for the suggestion Kevin, but blogging in Jamaican patois? I wouldn't know where to begin.....Alice Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05753570123987780947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249851329008146395.post-73282966326879205022008-08-07T14:50:00.000-07:002008-08-07T14:50:00.000-07:00With a nod towards Byron, Keats ... and a certain ...With a nod towards Byron, Keats ... and a certain Puff Diddy<br><br>Ahem ...<br><br>We follows dem up<br>We follows dem down<br>Da Yoo-Kay needs a Yoo-Ess market rescue plan<br><br>Da MPC guys holds da interest rate<br><br>Dat geeza Darlin' won't give a date<br><br>Relief on stamp dooty will have to wait<br><br>So we just shakes our booties and gyrate<br><br>CHORUS(Everybody join in)<br><br>We follows dem up<br>We follows dem down ...<br><br><br><br>Booyakasha ! West Siiiide<br><br>;-)Electro-Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249851329008146395.post-57614919445699686812008-08-07T18:03:00.000-07:002008-08-07T18:03:00.000-07:00After much thought I must say that I disagree with...After much thought I must say that I disagree with the criticisms of fractional reserve banking. What are the alternatives? If you try to do away with a regulated system of fractional reserves, you'll just get no-reserve underground banking. <br><br>The soviets couldn't control money growth, no matter how hard they tried. If you try to restrict money supply growth, all you'll get are black market financiers, and money substitutes. In Soviet Russia de facto money growth happened via IOUs and travel vouchers and food tickets etc.skintohttp://skinto.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249851329008146395.post-67162919149417013042008-08-08T01:37:00.000-07:002008-08-08T01:37:00.000-07:00deflation is mroe than a distinct possibility.it&#...deflation is mroe than a distinct possibility.it's what you haev when there is massive destruction of stored wealth.<br>mish does it justice<br>have a read<br>http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2008/03/now-presenting-deflation.htmlt reapernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249851329008146395.post-59915212379895653072008-08-08T01:48:00.000-07:002008-08-08T01:48:00.000-07:00And if the currency slides, the Brits may find eve...And if the currency slides, the Brits may find everything more expensive: Is the pound is sliding already?<br><br>http://uk.reuters.com/article/stocksNews/idUKARO83097620080808<br><br>B. in C.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249851329008146395.post-74443176757876558472008-08-08T05:04:00.000-07:002008-08-08T05:04:00.000-07:00Just listen to this chap from CML - the mortgage &...Just listen to this chap from CML - the mortgage "products" were affordable at the time; the issue is that people may have overstretched themselves with other loans (!!), and hidsight is of course a wonderful thing....<br><br>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7548877.stm<br><br>B. in C.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com