http://nancyzimmerman.com/2007/11/econ-101-warren-buffet-on-the-us-dollar/ helping canadians be savvy, informed and thoughtful about their money Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:00:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://nancyzimmerman.com/2007/11/econ-101-warren-buffet-on-the-us-dollar/comment-page-1/#comment-1091 Nancy Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:18:23 +0000 http://nancyzimmerman.com/2007/11/20/econ-101-warren-buffet-on-the-us-dollar/#comment-1091 Tx for providing an international perspective. You know, I'm no economist, but when I read your post, I couldn't help but wonder: most 1st world countries struggle with the same issues. I'm surprised that between the lot of us, we haven't figured more stuff out! Tx for providing an international perspective. You know, I’m no economist, but when I read your post, I couldn’t help but wonder: most 1st world countries struggle with the same issues. I’m surprised that between the lot of us, we haven’t figured more stuff out!

]]> http://nancyzimmerman.com/2007/11/econ-101-warren-buffet-on-the-us-dollar/comment-page-1/#comment-1085 Jan Karlsbjerg Wed, 28 Nov 2007 05:45:23 +0000 http://nancyzimmerman.com/2007/11/20/econ-101-warren-buffet-on-the-us-dollar/#comment-1085 Buffet's "solution" (import tariffs that make it harder for other countries' industries to sell to America) is another scenario of US cheating and behaving in a way that other countries can't (because they don't have the size to bully through their own selfish "solutions"). One of my parents' friends once remarked with pride how their generation had built a lot of infrastructure, how they had raised the living standard in Denmark, etc. I said thanks, and then pointed out that they hadn't paid for it: It would be up to my generation to pay the national debt they accumulated. Meanwhile my generation had gotten rich because of inflation and real estate circumstances that left every shack-owner well off. At least in the case of Denmark, the clamp down on the Squanderville behavior came early enough that their generation got to help with some of the paying, but it also cut dramatically into the living standard for the younger generations, the educational system, child care, etc. (all the stuff that the post-war generation didn't need :-)). Buffet’s “solution” (import tariffs that make it harder for other countries’ industries to sell to America) is another scenario of US cheating and behaving in a way that other countries can’t (because they don’t have the size to bully through their own selfish “solutions”).
One of my parents’ friends once remarked with pride how their generation had built a lot of infrastructure, how they had raised the living standard in Denmark, etc. I said thanks, and then pointed out that they hadn’t paid for it: It would be up to my generation to pay the national debt they accumulated.
Meanwhile my generation had gotten rich because of inflation and real estate circumstances that left every shack-owner well off.
At least in the case of Denmark, the clamp down on the Squanderville behavior came early enough that their generation got to help with some of the paying, but it also cut dramatically into the living standard for the younger generations, the educational system, child care, etc. (all the stuff that the post-war generation didn’t need ).

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