31 december 2008
Nadat grote successen zijn behaald met valsemunterij in Zimbabwe zijn de Westerse landen ook overgegaan tot het drukken van geld op grote schaal.
Immers, welvaart is niet het gevolg van productie van goederen en diensten (domme gedachte natuurlijk) , maar van de drukpers. Bankbiljetten, dat weten weinig mensen, kun je namelijk eten en je kunt er heel goed huizen mee bouwen.
Deze inzichten hebben we o.a. te danken aan hen die ons voorgingen, de centrale bankiers van Zimbabwe. Heeft Elsevier de Zimbabwaanse Minister van Financiën al uitgeroepen tot Afrikaan van het Jaar 2008?
As Monetary Authorities, we have been humbled and have taken heart in the realization that some leading Central Banks, including those in the USA and the UK, are now not just talking of, but also actually implementing flexible and pragmatic central bank support programmes where these are deemed necessary in their National interests.
That is precisely the path that we began over 4 years ago in pursuit of our own national interest and we have not wavered on that critical path despite the untold misunderstanding, vilification and demonization we have endured from across the political divide.
Yet there are telling examples of the path we have...For instance, when the USA economy was recently confronted by the devastating effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, as well as the Iraq war, their Central Bank stepped in and injected life-boat schemes in the form of billions of dollars that were printed and pumped into the American economy.