tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058446.post7954721890346261126..comments2024-03-28T18:21:28.264+11:00Comments on What I cooked last night.: Global financial crisis: Mrs Bryant not interested.paul kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17237328574655467680noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058446.post-68152012187918972632009-01-11T18:57:00.000+11:002009-01-11T18:57:00.000+11:00I don't remember suggesting we've been in a half-c...I don't remember suggesting we've been in a half-century boom, Anonymous, but I might have. Although your unparalleled economic growth over the last sixty or seventy years is not a million miles away from that description.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058446.post-72804557793493963602009-01-10T07:34:00.000+11:002009-01-10T07:34:00.000+11:00I know some economics, which is why I saw the hous...I know some economics, which is why I saw the housing bust coming. I did not see the financial crisis coming and neither did you, from the sounds of it, since you seem to think we've been in a boom for the last half a century which we patently have not. We have enjoyed unparalleled economic growth over the last sixty or seventy years, but not all of it was (nor will it be) wiped out by this Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058446.post-60388011449526828222009-01-09T17:03:00.000+11:002009-01-09T17:03:00.000+11:00I consider it an advantage not to know economics, ...I consider it an advantage not to know economics, Julie. Here, Treasury forecasts are a national joke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058446.post-57220727094742232282009-01-06T05:08:00.000+11:002009-01-06T05:08:00.000+11:00I saw the housing crash coming, not because I know...I saw the housing crash coming, not because I know economics (I absolutely do not), but because I'm aware of human greed. That alone should be a clue how obvious it was to those paying attention; I saw it coming, and I am not remotely an analyst for those things.<BR/><BR/>The conversation with your mother... well, I'm very amused, but I always enjoy when seniors march along with technology.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11710658334966849773noreply@blogger.com