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Saving the Net (Linux Journal)

Posted Nov 23, 2005 3:16 UTC (Wed) by skybrian (subscriber, #365)
In reply to: Saving the Net (Linux Journal) by Wol
Parent article: Saving the Net (Linux Journal)

I'm no bond trader, but that makes no sense. They can't "call" government bonds, they can only sell them, at a price agreeable to a buyer. Selling a large amount at once and driving down the price would be a giveaway to anyone with the money to buy them and lock in a higher interest rate. (And, ultimately, since the government prints the money, they can buy all of them.)

Of course it's inflationary in the end...


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