Comments on: The big money is at the end of the rainbow, same as it ever was

By: THUS - because it does not have to be that way

THUS - because it does not have to be that way — Sun, 03 May 2009 07:06:58 +0000

[...] increasingly relevant. Printing money will not buy you out of the basic natural resource problem (Thus passim). Developing countries, especially those with a high degree of exposure to western technology, [...]

By: John Kelly

John Kelly — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:11:39 +0000

Point taken, Jim, but I was referring to ‘Jocks’ in both the US sense of the term (well-educated, upper class ‘Skull and Bones’ Wall St guys and to the other Jocks to whom you allude. The “East End’ barrow boys are a bit of a red herring. They were and are mostly traders, some of whom may have become oligarchs but most of whom are admittedly well-paid foot soldiers rather than generals. (And a lot of them were in Edinburgh). Best, John

By: Jim Hare

Jim Hare — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:05:54 +0000

As your conscience north of the border, the reference to “Jocks” jars a little.
I know Gordon and Alistair and Fred qualify as Jocks and financial culprits, but let’s not forget the barrow boys down the East End of the City (and the odd American thrown in for good measure).