BlackBolt's Journal: Bretton Woods

From John Ralston Saul's "The Doubter's Companion: A Dictionary of Aggressive Common Sense"

Bretton Woods A system for international financial management and stability which was put in place by the Allies, minus the Soviets, in 1944 and destroyed in 1973 by President Richard Nixon without consideration being given to a replacement.
Nixon hoped in this way to solve some short-term American economic problems by re-creating the sort of financial disorder in which the largest power would be best placed to benefit. It could be said that this was the single most evil act undertaken by an elected leader in the postwar period. Other leaders should not be discouraged, however. The opportunity to do worse is perpetual.
See: DEPRESSION

This book ROCKS. Just his history of air conditioning alone makes it worth the cost (first sentence? Air-Conditioning An efficient and widely used method for spreading disease.)

Awesome. Who's he married to, Adrienne Clarkson? I forget. He's got some great insights, not all as cynical as the ones I've posted here.

BlackHat

[turg]

Are you related to BlackHat? [slashdot.org]. You seem to have similarities in style.

And yes JRS is married to AC

Re:BlackHat

[BlackBolt]

Wow! Cool link turg. But that's not me - my laziness is infinite compared to the work that guy's doing in his journal. I'm just a "Junior Leaguer" Black Hat.