Re: day of reckoning for the dollar?

2002-05-04 Thread Michael Perelman
That was Jane D's argument. Michael Pollack posted the transcript of her discussion with Doug Henwood either here or at LBO. Fred B. Moseley wrote: below is an article in last Saturday's Financial Times, which concludes that the day of reckoning for the dollar is close at hand. The

Re: Re: day of reckoning for the dollar?

2002-05-04 Thread Ian Murray
- Original Message - From: Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 1:23 PM Subject: [PEN-L:25676] Re: day of reckoning for the dollar? That was Jane D's argument. Michael Pollack posted the transcript of her discussion with Doug Henwood

RE: day of reckoning for the dollar?

2002-05-02 Thread Max Sawicky
Following the deficit debate, I've been hearing about this day of reckoning for 12 years. It must be getting really close! I'd say the key issue in all this is the Bubble. U.S. assets still seem to be over-valued. As for the accounting scandal, it may be that the ingenuity of Euro and

RE: day of reckoning for the dollar?

2002-05-02 Thread Devine, James
Fred writes: Related to the Business Week article sent to the list last Friday by Jim D. on the danger of the US deficit on the current account and increasing foreign debt, below is an article in last Saturday's Financial Times, which concludes that the day of reckoning for the dollar

Re: RE: day of reckoning for the dollar?

2002-05-02 Thread Doug Henwood
Max Sawicky wrote: Bob Eisner used to point out that those holding dollar-denominated assets who started to bail out ran the risk of taking a bath as the process continued. How's that any different from any other speculative market? People sell stocks in a bear market, it drives the value of

RE: Re: RE: day of reckoning for the dollar?

2002-05-02 Thread Max Sawicky
Don't know. After the tornado takes me, I'll ask him. Maybe he was referring to a consideration inhibiting a possible decision by foreign governments. - mbs Bob Eisner used to point out that those holding dollar-denominated assets who started to bail out ran the risk of taking a bath as the