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"Knowledge is cumulative in science and engineering, but it is cyclical in finance."

James Grant

"History doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes."

Mark Twain

In the spirit of these two quotes, I have been reading market and economic lore in an attempt to understand the cycles that society inevitably falls victim to. Any suggestions, reviews, or discussion of such books is welcome.
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443And now we read that Google is buying up dark fiber. And so it continues.Ilaine-6/17/2005
442Bernard, <i>This point is generally true, but isn't it trivial? The sDon Lloyd-6/17/2005
441Precisely. There are opportunity costs to malinvestment, however. i.e. The darBernard Guerrero-6/17/2005
440Don, This point is generally true, but isn't it trivial? The same can be sBernard Guerrero-6/17/2005
439counterpunch.orgThomas M.-3/8/2002
438<Some people win, some people lose, but real money never leaves the casino, iLLCF-2/21/2002
437>>More importantly, there is certainly redistribution.... Winnick has 1/2 Ilaine-2/20/2002
436<I don't mind sitting down in the library and collecting disaggregated daLLCF-2/20/2002
435I would divide up news on financial publications into different categories. TIlaine-2/20/2002
434<Well, it's not so much economics as psychology, IMO. If you think you haLLCF-2/20/2002
433Well, it's not so much economics as psychology, IMO. If you think you have Ilaine-2/20/2002
432FWIW this goes back to a basic point... economics is a social science. It depenLLCF-2/20/2002
431CB, on Monday Oct 19, 1987 608 million shares traded wiping out $ 500 BILLION inMike M2-2/20/2002
430CB, a good illustration of this concept is to look at the numbers of shares tradMike M2-2/20/2002
429CB, you ignore the impact on those who simply held their stocks while prices tanMike M2-2/20/2002
428You know how distorted the news is today in the WSJ and NYT, why do you think itGraceZ-2/18/2002
427CB - <i>...Not that only young men do it, but you can see from SI that thDon Lloyd-2/17/2002
426CB - <i>I can't post charts yet but if you look at the appendices in Don Lloyd-2/17/2002
425Interesting observation. I always thought fractional reserve banking was a con Ilaine-2/17/2002
424This is the type of thing that's easy to see if you trade stock online as yoIlaine-2/17/2002
423I can't post charts yet but if you look at the appendices in Friedman & Ilaine-2/17/2002
422Re: margin. The reason I don't mention it is because nothing I have read taIlaine-2/17/2002
421Thanks, Don. Correct me if I am wrong but essentially what he was saying is thaIlaine-2/17/2002
420CB - <i>Thanks, but you aren't off the hook yet.-g- Human Action was Don Lloyd-2/17/2002
419Putting things together, a stockholder is in the same position as a depositor inDon Lloyd-2/16/2002
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