Re: TURMEL: Money, Interest and Prosperity

On 10 Nov 2003 06:52:47 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Ryan)
wrote:
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>The point the "debt virus" money cranks miss is that 
>social systems are social systems, not physical 
>systems obeying the physical laws of the universe.  
>Social systems have their own rules.
>
>Interest is a type of feedback but it is 
>informational feedback from consumers that informs 
>entrepreneurs, managers and financiers whether they 
>have been successful in their attempt to satisfy 
>consumer demand in the market.  Interest is merely 
>the name given to that portion of profit shared with 
>financiers.  In the ultimate sense that includes many 
>of us through pension, insurance and mutual funds.  
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Are we really talking interest - the reward for loaning
money; or are we talking dividends, the shareout of
profits due to share holders?

Brian W