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To: Snowshoe who wrote (45405)	1/17/2009 6:53:42 PM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 217860

studiousness and savings rate ability to endure and not whimper culture vs pop culture ability to get along with others without trying to murder them small issues, but issues relative merit (relative to population) per bible's admonitions the bible is a scale

To: Snowshoe who wrote (45405)	1/18/2009 2:37:40 AM
From: energyplay	Respond to of 217860

Tulip type manias are pretty typical for the early stages of industrialization or tranisition to a money economy. It is a way people learn. From the aritcle, at least some people got cars, modern houses, and trips to Beijing out of the boom. That doesn't sound that wasteful to me. Not like gold leaf on chocolate, buying Ferraris, large pleasure boats, and hiring Rod Stewart for your birthday party. A little more experience, and the Menghai people will deal with agricultural cycles like Houston deals with oil booms, Hong Kong with property cycles, and Silicon Valley with tech and semiconductor cycles. The first big ride is a wild one, no one knows where the top is...