From: Jerry Levy (Gerald_A_Levy@MSN.COM)
Date: Sun Oct 08 2006 - 08:17:46 EDT
Hi Jurriaan: Thanks, but the statistics cited don't tell us much other than what everybody seems to agree on -- i.e. that the global market for derivatives and swaps is growing rapidly. For interpretation and historical context, see Dick Bryan and Michael Rafferty _Capitalism with Derivatives_. The Introduction, Contents, Name Index and Subject Index can be accessed as a pdf file with a link at the following site: < http://www.palgrave.com/products/Catalogue.aspx?is=1403936455> Also, since you can read German, another Marxian perspective on this subject is given by Paolo Giussani. See: http://ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu/~cottrell/ope/archive/0602/0080.html Some other writings by others on this subject can be read by going to the above archives page and following the links to other messages in that thread. In solidarity, Jerry
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