As explained here and here, globalization with it transnational production sharing and cross-border investment has mitigated the impact of currency values on trade flows.

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Further, as I explained here, much of this money has already been handed over.

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Zynga is doing this to keep the number of shareholders below 500, says a person close to Zing, as I explained here.

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Moreover, the wealthy can be sitting ducks in their natural habitats, as I explained here in Beware Of Hedge Fund Marketers Flouting Country Club Rules.

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But as I explained here, points are meaningless unless you can redeem them for a seat to a particular destination, on the date of your choice and in the desired class of service.

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As I have explained here many times, it is impossible for the US to default on the debt (because it is denominated in dollars), deficits create private sector wealth (while surpluses reduce it), and we NEED the government to supplement aggregate demand so that we can generate output and employment to our potential.

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As brilliantly explained by the Austrians (see here), monetary inflation distorts interest rate and price signals.

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Samurai once lived in Buddhist temples here, Nagashima explained, working as security guards called boukan.

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