Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 18:08:39 -0700 From: W Gerald Hicks <jhix@mindspring.com> To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The Ethics of Free Software Message-ID: <392C7D17.359FD8E7@mindspring.com> References: <200005242353.QAA08949@usr05.primenet.com>
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Terry Lambert wrote: [snipped] > I have never really understood the idea of the chairman of the > U.S Federal Reserve bank raising interest rates "because the > economy is running too hot". There may be good reasons for > artificially braking the economy from where it would go in an > otherwise unregulated system, but I haven't ever seen any math > to tell me why where it would go in an otherwise unregulated > system, at least for the interest rate constraint, would be an > undesirable place. > You forgot about the chicken bones they toss around to help decide these matters :-) For you conspiracy theorists out there, several reports are in that GeeDubya wins big in November if the economy tanks. It's well known that Mr Greenspan is a staunch Republican. IMHO, far too much power rests at the Federal Reserve Bank. Cheers, Jerry Hicks jhix@mindspring.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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