kids v. economists

[Carl Remick]

>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>
>Carl Remick wrote:
>
>>Well, I hope our Euro creditors will remember the Marshall Plan and
>>not U.S. conduct in 1918.  The following is from Jane Ridley's
>>review in The Spectator of _1918: War and Peace_ by Gregor Dallas:
>>
>>"The quarrel at the Paris peace conference, vividly described here,
>>was about war loans. The Americans had made loans to Britain and
>>Britain made loans to the Allies. When the Americans obstinately
>>refused to accept the burden of Britain's Allied loans, Keynes
>>minuted, 'It almost looks as if they took a satisfaction in reducing
>>us to a position of complete financial helplessness and dependence.'
>
>Excuse me if my sympathy for the British is limited.

I thought Lord K. was your guy, Doug.  He sure isn't mine :-)

Carl
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