British Prime Minister Gordon Brown got an earful from the Brazilian President about the current financial crisis.
"This was a crisis that was fostered and boosted by the irrational behavior of people who were white and blue-eyed, who before the crisis they looked like they knew everything about economics, but now have demonstrated they know nothing about economics,"
-- President Lula da Silva of Brazil
I want to assure everyone that I had absolutely nothing to do with this crisis. I know nothing about economics except that my k401 is greatly diminished. My eyes have invoked comments before. In China a few children would call me Gweilo and seemed genuinely afraid of me. My eye color is listed as blue on my driver license, but over time I think it is changing to more of a grey to match my financial mood. It’s hard for me to judge because I’m on the inside looking out. You decide:
Lula, This is all genetically determined
Thanks Maureen for writing an Op-Ed about this:
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Ah yes, and Brazil has so much to be proud of on the economic front. From 1964 through 1994, the accumulated inflation rate in Brazil fetched 1,000,000,000,000,000% (that´s one quatrillion percent) !! We'll have that to look forward to in the US soon as Bernanke gets the money presses rolling.
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