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To: russwinter who wrote (13857)	7/12/2003 11:38:09 AM
From: Wyätt Gwyön	Respond to of 39344

cool, i gave your review a "helpful" vote. i just got my copy last week after ordering it months ago--i don't know why it was so long in coming to press since he wrote it a year ago (but it doesn't really change his arguments). i felt some of his arguments on Japan were a bit weak and needed fleshing out--the sort of info provided in the Japan's Policy Trap book which i cited. but if he finished Dollar Crisis a year ago, he wouldn't have had time to read that book, which was published just this spring. JPT provides a detailed look at the specific mechanisms used by Japan over the years to deal with their structural CA surplus. a number of these are counterintuitive and require an insider's perspective on Japan which i have found sorely lacking in the Japan commentary of most of the Austrian-oriented economists. i thought Duncan did a good job in his discussion of gold-backed money and how such economies differ from fiat-backed ones. btw, here's another book i am eager to read which is hitting the press this coming week. some excerpts of the book were presented in an excellent Atlantic Monthly cover story earlier this year. Sleeping With the Devil: How Washington Sold Its Soul for Saudi Crude by Robert Baer amazon.com