Re: [SOCIAL CREDIT] Wants critical comment--Keith reads Zarlenga

2003-09-17 Thread Keith Wilde
- Original Message - From: William B. Ryan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 11:32 AM Subject: Re: [SOCIAL CREDIT] Wants critical comment--Keith reads Zarlenga And that does create a problem for the book in that it will inhibit its selection

Re: [SOCIAL CREDIT] Wants critical comment--Keith reads Zarlenga

2003-09-17 Thread william_b_ryan
***] The cash comes into general circulation when the Reserve Bank buys government stock from the government [*** Does it purchase directly from government or indirectly through the so-called open market as in the United States? That creates a rake off to Wall Street that is effectively

Re: [SOCIAL CREDIT] Wants critical comment--Keith reads Zarlenga

2003-09-16 Thread William B. Ryan
***] I found the book very useful for understanding a lot of the political and philosophical issues that have surrounded my impressions of Social Credit over the years. That is why I suggested to Chick that I would send my summary of it to his questioner. [*** I'm sure that it is useful and I

Re: [SOCIAL CREDIT] Wants critical comment--Keith reads Zarlenga

2003-09-16 Thread Keith Wilde
- Original Message - From: William B. Ryan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 11:32 AM Subject: Re: [SOCIAL CREDIT] Wants critical comment--Keith reads Zarlenga those old conspiracy theory diatribes Because they are written by amateurs

Re: [SOCIAL CREDIT] Wants critical comment--Keith reads Zarlenga

2003-09-15 Thread William B. Ryan
***This is ridiculous. You haven't even seen the book, but say it cannot be a work of scholarship for the reason that you think you know the author's political orientation and it doesn't agree with yours. Scholarship indeed! *** No, it's more than that, Keith. He can write a 798 page book

Re: [SOCIAL CREDIT] Wants critical comment--Keith reads Zarlenga

2003-09-15 Thread Keith Wilde
- Original Message - From: William B. Ryan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 1:35 PM Subject: Re: [SOCIAL CREDIT] Wants critical comment--Keith reads Zarlenga He can write a 798 page book purportedly on the lost science of money without mentioning

Re: [SOCIAL CREDIT] Wants Critical Comment

2003-09-12 Thread Janos Abel
Deal all, Victor Bridger is right in suggesting that Adam Buick's article in Socialist Standard is of a poor journalistic standard. However, his response in wanting to simply dismiss it is a bad advice. For one thing, Robert Stafford seems to genuinely ask for a critique of the critique; for

Re: [SOCIAL CREDIT] Wants Critical Comment

2003-09-10 Thread Keith Wilde
Chick, Please ask this correspondent to confirm his address to me and I will send him a copy of the summary and evaluation I am currently preparing of a book that bears directly on some of the most glaring misconceptions in the essay he forwarded. I have mentioned the book here before. It

Re: [SOCIAL CREDIT] Wants Critical Comment

2003-09-10 Thread William B. Ryan
Jessop, I'll just briefly touch upon your points for the moment as my time is severely constrained. But this is a continuing dialog. 1. Hoarding is not the problem. That is Gesellism, not social credit. 2. Interest is not the problem and indeed you will not find any statement to the effect

Re: [SOCIAL CREDIT] Wants Critical Comment

2003-09-09 Thread sutton
On Monday 08 Sep 2003 3:15 pm, Chick wrote: This message was sent to the Alberta Social Credit Party by someone who wants a response from the Social Credit perspective. I thought it might be interesting to see what the list might have to say about it. Chick

RE: [SOCIAL CREDIT] Wants Critical Comment

2003-09-08 Thread william_b_ryan
Thanks for forwarding this, Chick. There are several things that are interesting about it. This organization is marxist-anarchist. They would eliminate government and money. The anarchist side of their beliefs actually overlaps Douglas' theory. Unlike them, however, Douglas was realist