The FT worries about the Anglo Disease | 24 comments (24 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Sorry, I've been delayed IRL (4.00 / 2)

Just a note that in Britain a lot of people assume "Dutch disease" to be a reference to "Dutch Elm disease", which wiped out the English elm tree population.

I assume many of the financiers will understand the difference, but many lay readers will not.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Mon Dec 10th, 2007 at 12:37:32 PM EST
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Dutch disease (none / 1)

is a traditional term of the trade for economists, so I'm not worried about that wrt the FT.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Mon Dec 10th, 2007 at 12:56:27 PM EST
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Added to Wikipedia (none / 1)

I've added this article and the FT link to the WP entry on Dutch Disease.

A 'centrist' is someone who's neither on the left, nor on the left.

by nicta (nico＠altiva․fr) on Mon Dec 10th, 2007 at 03:41:39 PM EST
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The FT worries about the Anglo Disease | 24 comments (24 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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