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Daniel Davies dsquared at al-islam.com
Fri Dec 27 00:57:58 PST 2002


Just to tie up a loose end on this one, coupon payments on bonds were known as "Dividends" until quite late in the 19th century (cf that great old picture, "Dividend Day at the Bank of England"), so "The American Dividends" just means the Americans paying interest on their debts.

bit late for Christmas, but a happy new year to all

dd

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