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Posted in allgemein by thomas on the September 30th, 2008

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Posted in allgemein by thomas on the September 26th, 2008

Aus aktuellem Anlass! (II)

Posted in media, culture and society,Off Topic by thomas on the September 26th, 2008

“In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value. The abandonment of the gold standard made it possible for welfare statists to use the banking system as a means to an unlimited expansion of credit (debt creation)” – Alan Greenspan (#8), 1966 Gold and Economic Freedom

“It was the case that the price level in 1929 was not much different, on net, from what it had been in 1800. But, in the two decades following the abandonment of the gold standard in 1933, the consumer price index in the United States nearly doubled. And, in the four decades after that, prices quintupled. Monetary policy, unleashed from the constraint of domestic gold convertibility, has allowed a persistent over issuance of money. As recently as a decade ago, central bankers, having witnessed more than a half-century of chronic inflation, appeared to confirm that a fiat currency was inherently subject to excess.” – Chairman Alan Greenspan Before the Economic Club of New York, New York City December 19, 2002 (!)

In der Süddeutschen heißt es “Schafft die Zentralbanken ab!” und Mr. Greenspans alten Artikel über Gold und Finanzsysteme sollte man sich ohnehin mal durchgelesen haben.

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Posted in allgemein by thomas on the September 25th, 2008

Ich mag Barcelona.

Posted in media, culture and society,Off Topic by thomas on the September 19th, 2008

schöne gebäude, gutes essen, schönes wetter, schöner strand, schöne sprache, schöne menschen, viel(e) kulturen, viel geschichte, viel musik, viele bars. ich mag diese stadt.

Pablo Picasso

Posted in experience,media, culture and society by thomas on the September 17th, 2008

Las Meninas

Wer in Barcelona ist sollte sich unbedingt das Picasso Museum ansehen. Da werden die frühen Jahre des großen Meisters vorgestellt, so dass man die Entwicklung des Künstlers ein wenig nachvollziehen kann. Der Sprung zwischen 1905 und 1917 (oder so) verwirrt ein wenig, aber insgesamt ziemlich interessant und inspirierend.

Die Bilder oben sind zwei Versionen des Bildes “Las Meninas“, einmal von Diego Velázquez im Original und einmal von Pablo Picasso, der davon 58 Interpretationen malte.

Aus aktuellem Anlass!

Posted in media, culture and society,Off Topic by thomas on the September 17th, 2008