tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post2905040834223512649..comments2024-03-27T06:56:10.255+00:00Comments on Broad Oak Magazine: Buffett eyes EuropeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-14497757787657442512008-06-09T10:54:00.000+01:002008-06-09T10:54:00.000+01:00Given that we have a much higher GDP than most of ...Given that we have a much higher GDP than most of the rest of Europe, I don't think we need to take any lessons on business from the others. Lessons on setting up a constitution to limit the governments powers on spending beyond its means would be most welcome however....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-65590651622757108582008-06-07T15:43:00.000+01:002008-06-07T15:43:00.000+01:00... and when oversupplies have been cleared, and W...... and when oversupplies have been cleared, and Western governments become desperate to restart their economies, inflation all round, I guess. And if that doesn't work, stagflation.Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410040031410954403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-77322365746663184312008-06-07T15:41:00.000+01:002008-06-07T15:41:00.000+01:00Hi Nick. Yes, I've read my Speccie, usually one of...Hi Nick. Yes, I've read my Speccie, usually one of the joys of my week. <BR/><BR/>In vs De: not at all decided, partly because there are different factors, and partly because it depends what you're buying. Big ticket items getting cheap now to clear stock - look at the foreign holidays, cruises, kitchen refurb, cars and computer sections of the daily paper. Food going up for various reasons and the pound racing the dollar downwards.<BR/><BR/>I think the poor are now in an inflationary environment, the rich in a deflationary one.Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410040031410954403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-33916605762056333322008-06-07T12:10:00.000+01:002008-06-07T12:10:00.000+01:00yes, a good articleI was a bit taken aback when Bu...yes, a good article<BR/><BR/>I was a bit taken aback when Buffett had to take a big write-down recently on derivatives losses, which tells us that he isn't quite to be taken at face value ...<BR/><BR/>did you see <A HREF="http://www.spectator.co.uk/the-magazine/business/752816/painful-birth-of-a-new-epoch-of-simplicity.thtml" REL="nofollow">this other Spectator piece ?</A> - I like the account of 'Malthus + Milton' inflation<BR/><BR/><I>a propos</I> of which, Sackers, would you agree the great in- / de- question is now resolved ?Nick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5524682876220396502.post-61426866731656673322008-06-07T10:13:00.000+01:002008-06-07T10:13:00.000+01:00Cheers for that, a very interesting articleCheers for that, a very interesting articleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com