tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post4414790733599874763..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: Debt Rattle, May 11 2008: It's a new gameIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-82590075554606612722008-05-14T08:57:00.000-04:002008-05-14T08:57:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-68489303135899295392008-05-12T10:02:00.000-04:002008-05-12T10:02:00.000-04:00Ho Ho on me, sorry ilargi I was quite rushed yeste...Ho Ho on me, sorry ilargi I was quite rushed yesterday and in skimming missed a period and read your editorial as this:<BR/><BR/><I>that Americans will get poorer, and fast, and soon too(.) They will use their dollar reserves to buy up land and influence </I><BR/><BR/>I guess you can see why I found this a novel and rather startling idea. Sorry to put you to the trouble of repeating yourself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-33565946344629517912008-05-12T05:31:00.000-04:002008-05-12T05:31:00.000-04:00I really think China is the key to the way things ...I really think China is the key to the way things unfold over the next decade. With their huge currency reserves they can pretty much set the Yuan to Dollar exchange rate wherever they want.<BR/>Their dilema - keep the Yuan weak and export to the USA (& EU) or let it appreciate so they can afford more oil and food and reduce domestic inflation.<BR/><BR/>The current compromise seems to be to let Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-60675271890719566722008-05-11T19:31:00.000-04:002008-05-11T19:31:00.000-04:00CR,The past while we've seen a few indications in ...CR,<BR/><BR/>The past while we've seen a few indications in relation to the Chinese and their interest in food. It's no secret that they have been buying their way into Africa on a large scale in energy and other commodity fields. <BR/><BR/>They are also actively encouraging for their people to move abroad. It really is like Europe 500 years ago, as I said earlier in <A HREF="http://Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-18579544297084865292008-05-11T15:05:00.000-04:002008-05-11T15:05:00.000-04:00Gee ilargi, Mothers day and I have barely time to ...Gee ilargi, <BR/>Mothers day and I have barely time to scratch my head in puzzlement over this :<BR/><BR/><I>They will use their dollar reserves to buy up land and influence and Lebensraum across the globe. And that’s also where their markets will be.</I><BR/><BR/>Sounds very interesting and if you would expand on it that would be much appreciated. (Would it amount to a sort of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-53052268514722379962008-05-11T13:27:00.000-04:002008-05-11T13:27:00.000-04:00I'm 37. I remember hearing in my twenties that my...I'm 37. I remember hearing in my twenties that my generation would not have as much as our parents, the baby boomers. So I've expected this for a long time. Frankly, it relieves me because the earth couldn't take another generation or two of the wealth the Western world has experienced in the last century.Lisa Zahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17491596171533559615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-74774559359848780892008-05-11T12:50:00.000-04:002008-05-11T12:50:00.000-04:00thanks 3C, I put it inthanks 3C, I put it inIlargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-71480746201211381212008-05-11T12:12:00.000-04:002008-05-11T12:12:00.000-04:00Hi all,I'd just like to share a good article from...Hi all,<BR/><BR/>I'd just like to share a good article from the Guardian that is also very applicable to the financial straits of young professionals in North America.<BR/><BR/>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/11/spain.franceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com