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To: Alex who wrote (45039)	11/15/1999 10:14:00 PM
From: Chispas	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116756

Alex, here's Don Walanchuk's latest predictions.... stockhouse.com

To: Alex who wrote (45039)	11/16/1999 4:31:00 PM
From: TrueScouse	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116756

Alex: Thanks for posting a fascinating article by Mundell. I particularly liked the following.... <<Historically, whenever there has been a superpower, the currency of the superpower plays a central role in the international monetary system. This has been as true for the Babylonian shekel, the Persian daric, the Greek tetradrachma, the Macedonian stater, the Roman denarius, the Islamic dinar, the Italian ducat, the Spanish doubloon and the French livre as it has for the more familiar pounds sterling of the 19th century and the dollar of the 20th century. The superpower typically has a veto over the international monetary system, and because it benefits from the international use of its currency, its interest is usually in vetoing any kind of global collaboration that would replace its own currency with an independent international currency>> It's good to see modern superpower behaviour in historical perspective! Regards, Howy