tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6704573462403312459.post7298879621270725736..comments2024-03-29T02:53:03.321-04:00Comments on Moneyness: The €300 million cash withdrawalJP Koninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02559687323828006535noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6704573462403312459.post-65347240722079355762018-07-17T11:18:05.646-04:002018-07-17T11:18:05.646-04:00Yep, good point.Yep, good point.JP Koninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02559687323828006535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6704573462403312459.post-58382506952174976172018-07-16T10:39:45.776-04:002018-07-16T10:39:45.776-04:00I find it interesting that the US uses terrorism a...I find it interesting that the US uses terrorism as a universal solvent when talking about Iran and at the same time allows per the constitution domestic gun terrorism.dilbert dogberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09637308390558302302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6704573462403312459.post-42199092682036881522018-07-16T00:06:00.607-04:002018-07-16T00:06:00.607-04:00An incredible amount of knowledge is necessary to ...An incredible amount of knowledge is necessary to make correct decisions about which national entities should be granted access to a utility as vital as the global payments system, and which ones shouldn't. I am not convinced that this information exists, and if it does, that it can be synthesized into good policy. So I am very skeptical about the gatekeeping role that the U.S. has chosen to start playing over the global payments system. Even if the U.S. gets this particular call right (i.e. maybe Iran shouldn't get the 300 million because it will do something awful with it) my fear is that it will get most calls wrong. Abdicate the role and leave it unfilled, that's a better endpoint than creating a mess of everything. JP Koninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02559687323828006535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6704573462403312459.post-78293435669956694562018-07-14T02:02:32.492-04:002018-07-14T02:02:32.492-04:00Of course, this entire analysis is irrelevant shou...Of course, this entire analysis is irrelevant should Iran really use (some of) the money to fund terror activities. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com