Comments on: We’ll see if talking works http://www.dinocrat.com/archives/2008/04/11/well-see-if-talking-works/ Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:18:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: gs http://www.dinocrat.com/archives/2008/04/11/well-see-if-talking-works/#comment-303061 gs Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:42:49 +0000 http://www.dinocrat.com/archives/2008/04/11/well-see-if-talking-works/#comment-303061 <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/apr2008/db2008049_435505.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_businessweek+exclusives" rel="nofollow">Paul Volcker</a> has spoken out and mentioned the dollar. <a href="http://econclubny.org/files/Transcript_Volcker_April_2008.pdf#PDF" rel="nofollow">Transcript</a> and <a href="http://calculatedrisk.blogspot.com/2008/04/volckers-speech.html" rel="nofollow">video</a> are available. The speech was nonpartisan, but this sentence stood out to my eye:<blockquote>Recent developments certainly justify a sense of urgency, permitting the Congress and the new President to cut through entrenched political and institutional resistance to change.</blockquote>'The <b>new</b> President.' Volcker is brutally civil and completely on target. Paul Volcker has spoken out and mentioned the dollar. Transcript and video are available.

The speech was nonpartisan, but this sentence stood out to my eye:

Recent developments certainly justify a sense of urgency, permitting the Congress and the new President to cut through entrenched political and institutional resistance to change.

‘The new President.’ Volcker is brutally civil and completely on target.

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