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Re: two currencies and Korean war



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>From: pdavidso <pdavidso@xxxxxxx>
>To: mosler@xxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: two currencies and Korean war
>Date: Thu, Jan 10, 2002, 5:32 PM
>

>>===== Original Message From mosler@xxxxxxxx =====
>>
>>For all practical purposes, however, taxes are the driving force in today's
>>world.
>
>
>Except in the case of Korea during the war -- which was the whole purpose of
>my illustration regarding Korean won and military scrip to begin with.
>
>And as long as one can show that there exists one black swan, then the
>hypothesis that"all swans are white" must be rejected -- as Karl Popper
>correctly proclaimed.


Clear support for your claim requires an instance of a script or
currency being adopted by a culture which has no pre-existing system
of taxation.

Harry Veeder



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