The distortions introduced by the influx of foreign aid and loans
(particularly hard currency transfers that permitted wasteful luxury
goods importation) in post-independence Zimbabwe were so bad
that they also got the Dutch disease label by local economists.
Louis, I just had a couple of
Yes, but it's not only the CIA saying it. Turkish revolutionary parties like
the DHKC also speak of narcodollars defining the 'Susurluk state.'
valis wrote:
Quoth Chairman Mark:
PS the CIA say that 25% of the Turkish GDP is drugs related.
Here in the belly of the beast, most of us know
At 06:54 PM 7/16/98 -0500, Valis wrote:
Considering the obvious fact that every aspect of the drug trade,
from seed to smoke rings, requires extreme stealth and diverting guile,
any presumption of accurate stats, collected or inferred, should be looked
upon as pure bullshit: drunken hypocrites
I sat on a jury several year ago in a minor criminal case. The defendant,
a slight Puerto Rican man who spoke little English, was accused of stealing
a gold chain from another young man in Times Square. The case
was open-and-shut. The guy definitely did it. But back in the jury room,
we
The Fed used to count the demand $100 bills in the Miami region as an
indicator of the size of the narcotics business.
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
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Valis,
What actually are you talking about?
Mark
valis wrote:
Chairman Mark rebuts:
Yes, but it's not only the CIA saying it. Turkish revolutionary parties
like the DHKC also speak of narcodollars defining the 'Susurluk state.'
Speak of them without qualification? Then they're no
Can General Electric save America's treasures? Bill and Hillary Clinton
seem to think so.
But Environmental Protection Agency chief Carol Browner is not so sure.
On July 14, GE Chair and Chief Executive Officer John Welch basked in the
glow of media flashbulbs and television camera lights as he
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RELEASED TODAY: Median weekly earnings of the nation's 95.5 million
Well, there are some ways of getting estimates of
this. Cash flows in and out of certain banks are one way.
The other more obvious first cut is the size of the famous
"statistical discrepancy" in the Balance-of-Payments
accounts, which gives a not bad cut for a country that is
either
Chairman Mark rebuts:
Yes, but it's not only the CIA saying it. Turkish revolutionary parties
like the DHKC also speak of narcodollars defining the 'Susurluk state.'
Speak of them without qualification? Then they're no better off than
the constipated Calvinists in Washington, and their
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