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[log in to unmask] (Albert Himoe)
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Fri Jun 30 06:49:02 2006
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Mason Gaffney wrote:  
> There is little value in citing A dissing B in the absence of specifics.  
  
The intended "value" was just to note that the existence of enthusiastic and  
persistent Georgists has an extended history.  
  
> Especially when A, as in this case, has been generally written off as a  
crude underconsumptionist peddling   
> a panacea of inflation (Foster and Catchings).   
  
This is more than a little unfair to F and C. To be sure, Foster was not  
interested in nuances of economic theory. However he consistently favored  
price stabilization, and went so far as to advocate compulsory saving as an  
anti-inflationary measure early in World War II [NY Times, May 9, 1941].  
  
Albert Himoe  
  

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