"They cannot grasp for an instant the dynamics of the real world"

Martin might want to look inward with that comment. To say that it "can't" happen to me would represent that statement. Considering how many times it  has happened in the last few hundred years. And countries like France were not exactly the backwater banana republic economies of their time, nor were their economists uneducated.

I always appreciate what his ideas are though. He has a good head on his shoulders. Now I will go read the links.

John