[lbo-talk] Flash: The Head of the Bank on England Confesses

Michael Perelman michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
Wed Aug 19 18:47:12 PDT 2009


60 years, not 80. But it sure sounds contemporary.

On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 09:23:32PM -0400, Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> On Aug 19, 2009, at 9:12 PM, michael perelman wrote:
>
>> "As I look back, it now seems that, with all the thought and work and
>> good intentions, which we provided, we achieved absolutely nothing ...
>> nothing that I did, and very little that old Ben did, internationally
>> produced any good effect -- or indeed any effect at all except that we
>> collected money from a lot of poor devils and gave it over to the four
>> winds."
>>
>> Read more at:
>>
>> http://michaelperelman.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/flash-the-head-of-the-bank-on-england-confesses/
>
> Ha ha, the "Ben" is a nice trick, but this quote must be 80 years old.
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