"Netherlands" was no different re their trade prominence, boom and
bust, conflict with England and Spain, internal political/religeous
struggles. Another "window" was "The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de
Zoet" by David Mitchell- a wonderful writer with great plot twists- he
also has a fururistic work, "Cloud Atlas" and another I liked,
"Ghostwritten".
On Jun 23, 4:33 am, allan deheretic <dehere...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am sorry as I see the greed of bankers before that of European interest,,
> it seems that like all bankers though good with money lose humanity and
> its interests There action s are meet with approval of the money it is not
> of people and the news only gives the interest of the money people.. But
> this is not really of surprise.. those of religious belief for the most
> part seems to be worshipers of, , , I am not sure of how to state it
> Allan
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> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 10:32 AM, paradox <eadohe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm curious...why would you describe the economy as a "contrived
> > system", Contemplative?
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> > On Jun 22, 1:43 am, Contemplative <wjwiel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > ..now that is a subject worth having a discussion about!
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> > > When I examine the situation the US economy is in (not to mention all the
> > > countries which have followed along with the US),
> > > I keep having to ask myself; What is the standard of value?
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> > > We had gold to tie the dollar back to until Nixon... Not that I would
> > > advocate doing so again, but I think we are more comfortable
> > > with contrived systems(like the economy) when we can anchor it to
> > something
> > > physical. I am at least.
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> > > How about the calorie? We seem to value them a lot in this country! :-)
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> > > Just a thought....
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> I_D Allan
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