Of course! Two politicians doing a shuffle and producing the illusion
of surplus. :) Now, if anyone still has any coin to rub together after
the drop in the stock market, we can create a self-generated delusion
and illsuion of prosperity ;-) If rubbed together in prayer while
holding the coins we get.....ah, no, I don't want to go there...that's
for the positive psychologist? Gary
Paul Smith wrote:
>
> Gary -
>
> > Are there any S&P folks out there who know
> > if research has been done on the "ghost coin" and if it has a more
> > proper? name? Thanks, Gary Peterson
>
> I believe its proper name is "the budget-balancing illusion", and
> that Paul O'Neill (U.S. Secretary of the Treasury) has done quite a bit of
> research in that area.
>
> (okay, so it was a pretty obvious one... sometimes I just can't resist)
> Paul Smith
> Alverno College
> Milwaukee
>
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