... It sounds to me like the govt. were trying to give away money to counter the contraction. ... Who knows what happened?! Not to worry. Cheers, Mark...
Jeff, In addition the alarming/sobering UNEP report GEO4 of last week could be considered. The rest is "rearranging the deck chairs". Paul Metz "From the...
Regarding the discussions about interest: It is my perspective that there is a misinterpretation of the original statement by the Abrahamic religions (Judaism,...
... I suspect there is less to this than meets the eye. That is, perhaps bankers bought the bills in order to meet fractional reserve requirements, etc....
... are not. ... Yes, but that would only create a constant price differential. This does not explain recent trends. The question is why has residential real...
... are not. Fred: Yes, but that would only create a constant price differential. This does not explain recent trends. The question is why has residential...
Scott, This is why it is so important to separate the "measure of value" that I call Money from the exchange media that I call Purchasing Media. Bank loans do...
... Sally deposits $100 of currency into her bank. Bank then loans Ralph $90. Sally still has $100, but Ralph now has $90 that was not there before. The bank...
Quoting Mark Porthouse on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 09:33:56 +0000: ___Mark___ You'll have to flesh this out to mean something. Who was selling the T-Bills? Do you mean...
Mark, Thanks for the Deuteronomy quote. It seems to say “be nice” and be “charitable” to the unfortunates in our society. I would prefer to change the...
One great thing about money in general is that it doesn't have to exist as an object. It can simply exist as a ledger entry - and then it need only be a ledger...
Fred, Why are they legally required to keep a 10% reserve? Harry ****************************** Harry Pollard Henry George School of Los Angeles Box 655...
Scott, How can the reserve 'back' anything as it cannot be touched? Harry ****************************** Harry Pollard Henry George School of Los Angeles Box...
Quoting Harry Pollard on Thu, 1 Nov 2007 10:59:24 -0700: ___Harry___ How can the reserve 'back' anything as it cannot be touched? ... Though that might get the...
... For safety, let people deposit savings in the public treasury at zero interest; gov't could borrow the stuff for free. And once we get rid of inflation,...
... Wow! You *want* deflation (lower prices)? Be careful what you wish for! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deflation#Effects_of_deflation You have to remember...
... There are two causes of deflation: 1) greater productivity 2) a reduction in the money supply. Deflation #1 is good, #2 is bad. ... Deflation caused by...
... Nobody would do this, because they can put money into an insured account at positive interest. ... At zero interest, there are no stocks or bonds, and no ...
... Be careful what you don't define! You can use the term to mean shrinking the money supply to less than needed or at great risk to confusing others to mean...
... Hi Fred, What you say is true when deflation is particularly small. However, if we have rates of deflation that match our current inflation figures then we...
... His proposal was to abolish such gov't insurance. ... Might be a good thing but not likely when costs fall even faster. SMITH, Jeffery J. President, Forum...
Ladies, gentlemen and anyone else who may be tuned in here. The Land Café is a moderated forum dedicated to LVT practical policy reform, and please we want...
http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/depression.htm You can see there the deflation and the nominal interest rates during the 1930s in the USA. The nominal...
... It should be self-evident that the exchange medium is the measure of exchange value. ... I have already proved to you that they do. Please, Harry: just...
... I was referring to your meaning - you had just used the words "lower prices". ... The problem with the word saving is that people normally use it to mean ...
Mark, There should be no concern about prices dropping because of innovation and invention. Calling it the bogeyman of ‘deflation’ doesn’t make it so. ...
Everyone on this list knows that deflation is not the fall in prices of some things, such as computers, relative to other things, such as oil. It is the fall...
Whether the subject of hoarding is money of restricted issue or land, there is a fundamental difference between hoarding and saving. The money or land is not...
... You don't have to stop the good kind of deflation. ... As long as we propose freedom, justice, efficiency, why not? ... Please forget what I mind and...
