25-02-2009, 03:47 PM
Quote:2. Introduce a “new” US dollar as a strictly national currency, not tied to any exchange rate mechanism other than to the “old” US dollar, with limitations.
Oh great idea - nice way to go. Have a two-tier money system, one for overseas use and one for domestic use. Just like the Russian Rouble circa 1970-80's. In a few years American citizens will be trading at a black market rate for blue jeans and vodka.
This idea was, in fact, raised a decade or two ago during the Reagan Administration with the introduction of the so called "Rainbow" dollar (unless I'm very much mistaken anyway).
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14