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To: Ilaine who wrote (7124)	8/14/2001 5:59:43 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 74559

Which of the following countries is the US's largest trading partner (measured as the sum of imports and exports)? a) Japan b) Mexico c) China d) Canada economics.about.com I guessed wrong three times.-g-

To: Ilaine who wrote (7124)	8/14/2001 7:47:23 PM
From: smolejv@gmx.net	Respond to of 74559

I feel like a canary in the mine - I'll sing because I may smell methane, but otherwise I'm blind and it's all a black box of impressions, memories, assumptions, half-proven truths... It just cant be that the WW I and its devastation is not factored in into the causes of the Great depression of 29. Of course the easy way out is to take some simple mechanics and talk Eliot-like swings in economy. This is too mechanistic and macroeconomically inhuman to me. Making it easy on myself I would copycat the experience of WWII and say it was US in WWI as well who did its best to clean up the mess - not counting the lives left in Flanders -. If you go to dachau KZ camp, what you see first in the museum is the quote from Narayana:"Those, who dont learn from their experience, are bound to repeat it." In this sense what you do, CB, is of importance to me and I guess to all of us. All the best. dj

To: Ilaine who wrote (7124)	8/15/2001 1:52:13 PM
From: Mark Adams	Respond to of 74559

Some thoughts from others; First, the respondent provides an intelligent observation- that this time it is different prudentbear.com And second, the article linked that provoked the reply newaus.com.au I don't get why this source requires you to scroll 1/2 down the page to actually see the article. Finally, a third observation (2) As to Mr. Moto, in a retrospective look at the Japanese bubble, a research report by the Bank of Japan else noted that you get a blow-off when the value of your assets determines available credit and the available credit determines the value of your assets. At some point, you "kiss your assets goodbye." prudentbear.com