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...such high prices, gold ceases to have much practical use. There is no theoretical rationale why anyone should even want to invest in it. Gold has value only because we believe it is valuable. It is a collective hallucination. (Read "What Sells in a Recession: Canned Goods and Condoms...
There is something else we use every day that, like gold, has no inherent value: cash. Of course, there's a major difference between gold and cash: unlike the dollar, the nondollar value of gold won't be significantly impacted by the U.S. government - only its price in dollars via the government's impact on the dollar...
...After a day or two of thrashing AIG and its employees, Congress and the Treasury can pretend to use government bailout money to pay the government back. Or, they can hang on to the issue because it makes for a good political circus. If the latter path is the preferred plan, the business of putting hundreds of billions of dollars into the economy to save it from a deepening recession can be put off to the side of the agenda and the most important work of the Administration can be delayed...
...What is the worst dating advice you have ever heard?AB: This book called “The Rules” for women. Don’t touch it; just burn it. Anything that smacks of an absolute rule is not necessarily bound to serve you. You want to use your own best judgment according to every situation that arises. The principle is the middle path. 10. FM: Feel free to decline answering this one: Do you have any personal dating horror stories that you would be willing to share?AB: Oh absolutely...this is a piece of advice...
...profile private. By blocking with the other freshmen who prefer status to human beings, you have guaranteed yourself three years of final club punches, beautiful people, and raging parties. In reality, your ambitions will lead you to civil war. The best House for this group is Cabot. You could use the humility...