* William T Goodall ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I don't know much about economics but I'm pretty sure that there is no > way the government can 'invest' in anything.
Actually, it would be pretty easy. The government could contract out to a mutual-fund like group, the Treasury could send that group checks, and the group would invest the money. The problem is conflict of interest. But there is a very good way to solve that one -- invest in a VERY broad world stock and bond index. Basically, make a clear definition of what constitutes a sufficiently-stable and liquid stock and bond market, and then invest in all of them, proportional to the size of the market. -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
