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To: smolejv@gmx.net who wrote (20066)6/20/2002 6:14:25 AM
From: Muthusamy SELVARAJU  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 74559
 
I agree, but the introduction piece to his article says:

"Might it be that Mr. Greenspan has simply had a change of views since he authored his 1966 article? Based on what he told Congressman Ron Paul back in February 2001, we don't think so. Following a House Banking Committee hearing, Congressman Paul asked the Chairman to autograph a copy of Greenspan's 1966 article, "Gold & Economic Freedom." While Mr. Greenspan was signing the article, Congressman Paul asked him if there was anything he would change in the article were he to write it today. According to the Congressman, Greenspan told him, "I have recently read the article again, and I would not change a word." "

I begin to wonder which side of the fence Mr G really is, or is he the type who can sit on fences all the time....after all, one does recall how he artfully managed to dodge the question about a year ago about reducing the budget deficit by paying back government debt....leaving a lot of confused people like me as to which way he was really inclined.

Selva



To: smolejv@gmx.net who wrote (20066)6/20/2002 7:40:09 AM
From: LLCF  Respond to of 74559
 
<AG vintage 1966 is not the same person as AG who's the shunshine of our lives today. >

Yes, and yet one can certainly say [in absence of writtings to the contrary] that a 'reasonable' economist can still believe the gold standard viable, and hold this out as an anecdote.

DAK