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># 2a : The economic aspect - Western style >commodities are valued in dollars, the US needs do no >more than print pieces of green paper to obtain them: it >acquires them, in effect, for free. Except if too many are printed the dollar falls with inflation.Switching to the euro would help -- and if the dollar becomes unstable it would be desirable. But controlling the international money market is quite difficult. Perhaps if a carefully crafted boycott was developed the people themselves could have an effect. Possibly a difference of only 5 or 10 percent would tip the balance. US unemployment has reached 6%, making many people very unhappy, and that might be increased by targetting specific sectors. But this is a subject far beyond *my* ken. ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! _______________________________________________ Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk