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Their capital is useless without an economy. This is fiat money, and not even paper! It's not a hoard of gold somewhere.

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Jun 11th, 2008 at 02:46:09 AM EST
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Its PR.  Spend 8-10 months performing CPR and defibrillation to a brain dead patient while allowing one with a small open artery to bleed out and die.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Wed Jun 11th, 2008 at 10:05:47 PM EST
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