On Sat, 07 Aug 2010 19:24:55 -0500, F. George McDuffee
wrote:
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What is certain is that the governments, central banks,
trans-national corporations, etc. are "playing with fire,"
and have failed to heed the wisdom of two enduring folk
tales: one about [not] killing the goose that laid the
golden eggs; and the other about the sorcerer's apprentice
who evoked forces he did not understand and could not
control.
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I just received an email asking for an example of "evoking
forces they do not understand and cannot control." One of
the more egregious recent examples was the 6 May stock
market "flash crash" caused by computerized high
volume/frequency "flash" trading. Because the causes [and
principals] have never been identified and corrective
actions take, it is sure to happen again.
see
http://www.theatlantic.com/science/a...traders/60829/

-- Unka George (George McDuffee)
...............................
The past is a foreign country;
they do things differently there.
L. P. Hartley (1895-1972), British author.
The Go-Between, Prologue (1953).