Re: Karlos and Interest Rates

1994-02-25 Thread Doug Henwood
On Thu, 24 Feb 1994 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am curious, Doug, as to how the low interest policies of the late 1980s and > 90s protected the coupon clippers. Many of the real "widows and orphans" of > rentier fame (alleged!) really have been harmed by the lowering of rates ... Had it not

Re: Karlos and Interest Rates

1994-02-25 Thread Doug Henwood
On Thu, 24 Feb 1994 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am curious, Doug, as to how the low interest policies of the late 1980s and > 90s protected the coupon clippers. Many of the real "widows and orphans" of > rentier fame (alleged!) really have been harmed by the lowering of rates ... Had it not

Karlos and Interest Rates

1994-02-24 Thread MMEEROPO%WNEC . BITNET
In a post dated yesterday, the assertion was made that the political limits of interest rates (within the "supply-and-demand-for-loanable-capital" rubric) were that interest could not rise high enough to consume the mass of surplus value and could not fall below zero. This is true, of course, of

Karlos and Interest Rates

1994-02-24 Thread MMEEROPO%WNEC . BITNET
In a post dated yesterday, the assertion was made that the political limits of interest rates (within the "supply-and-demand-for-loanable-capital" rubric) were that interest could not rise high enough to consume the mass of surplus value and could not fall below zero. This is true, of course, of