14-03-2009, 12:23 AM
I suppose that if US Treasuries went belly up China would be economically ruined and then cash-rich corporations bloated with tax-payer and plunder money could buy Chinese assets at fire sale prices? Defeat the competition and acquire what's worthwhile in one foul stroke.
Just a thought.
But I am minded of the fact that the Tiger economies collapse of circa 1998 were the result of coordinated hedge fund activity -- and following that great gobs of assets were picked up for cents on the dollar. Could be the same pattern unfolding.
Just a thought.
But I am minded of the fact that the Tiger economies collapse of circa 1998 were the result of coordinated hedge fund activity -- and following that great gobs of assets were picked up for cents on the dollar. Could be the same pattern unfolding.
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