Re: [A-List] Global Economic Prospects: Bright for 2004

["Gary Santos" <garysantos@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Michael,

 

Boy, I seem to have a knack of creating a stir in this list. It must be genetic.

 

Thank you (really) for your perspective.

 

But, my point is, they and the mainstream are one. I find value in knowing what the business interests want. After all, they create policy. I don't understand why some don't want to know what others are thinking. Perhaps, if one is, like you, quite familiar with them. . . but, others, like me, are not.

 

It's just like reading the web site of the newamericancentury.com. I definitely do not subscribe to neocon foreign policy but there is value (for me) in knowing what they, quite candidly, tell everyone what they stand for. I have to give it to them for their transparency. This group wanted to invade Iraq since the Kuwait war and Bush Sr. They said so and signed their names to it. And, in the end, they did.

 

Gary

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Hudsonmi@xxxxxxx

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Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 3:56 PM

Subject: Re: [A-List] Global Economic Prospects: Bright for 2004

Dear Gary,
      I've known these guys for 30 years. They are very self-promoting, hoping to get naive money managers to join them. They claim to do their own research, but just recycle IMF statistics with no analysis, all wrapped in a pro-US position. They're the lobbies for the U.S. Treasury, not serious analysts. They cultivate foreign bankers and government operatives, who hope that they'll get a seal of approval/obedience to IEE and get promoted within their own central banks.
      Michael