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Re: The Spectacle of Modern Investment Markets... (4.00 / 4)

When they're in power, "deficits don't matter".

The brainless should not be in banking -- Willem Buiter

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu May 6th, 2010 at 02:20:34 AM EST
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Of course not.

They like how the bond markets work.

- Jake

If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Thu May 6th, 2010 at 10:45:59 AM EST
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It occurs to me that very few voters actually understand how this works.

I think they might be quite a bit angrier if they did.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Thu May 6th, 2010 at 10:48:51 AM EST
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They may be starting to figure it out. We may know in a few days.

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 Thu May 6th, 2010 at 04:13:26 PM EST
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