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To: elmatador who wrote (33040)	4/13/2008 9:41:15 AM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217750

<<an apartment cat thrown on a dark alley>> :0) i can imaging what typically happens, within 48 hours. and yes, very vivid picture, even if leaving much to pondering. c2 knows about preservation. elroy too, probably. i do not know about cb ilaine, maurice and zim dude or dudette. early day tomorrow. i thought exercised during dinner, trying to work out what i would do if i had to move here to koh samui - i cannot say my skills, if any, are so useful as ability to make shoes, tune piano, cook, nurse, or build anything, so i would have to live off of put selling, or simplist, rentals. if true for koh samui, why not true everywhere. i suppose i can teach economics, even though i had only taken two forgotten courses. say, 'course 101 - money' and 'course 102 - credit' and assigned reading will just be links to various si threads and posts :0)

To: elmatador who wrote (33040)	4/13/2008 10:19:46 AM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 217750

newly demoted... Oh, my. Elmat, don't take your role as thread head too seriously. Capital preservation is my middle name. As far as demoted, no sleep lost here, not interested in groupthink or changing thoughts and opinions to please anyone. I am sorry that you took offense to my pointing out to you that Europe deserves a seat at any global economic table and not on a rotating basis, and that Germany is a global giant. Brazil has enormous promise but isn't quite there yet. But facts are facts. Germany: economist.com Brazil: economist.com By some measures, Germany has the third largest global economy. Brazil is number ten. And Europe, to which you would give a rotating seat is.....drumroll.....number ONE. cia.gov Brazil's economy is admittedly growing faster than Germany's. But Brazil has not yet made it. However, singling out growth rates as the only defining element is to focus too much on one factor. If you use GDP growth per capita as the defining element, you end up with a G8 which includes Bosnia-Herzegovina and Equatorial Guinea as members but not the US, Germany nor Brazil. globalis.gvu.unu.edu You are choosing promise over reality. There have been a lot of promising countries which have stumbled, i.e., Argentina in the 1900s, earlier 20th century versions of Brazil, Zimbabwe, any number of post-colonial African failed states, etc. Until the promise is established as reality, it is a stretch to suggest that any country 'deserves' a seat at G7. I think China now deserves a place at the table, Russia, too, perhaps. Brazil and India are not quite there yet.