'what cypherpunks is about'

Rabid Wombat wombat at mcfeely.bsfs.org
Fri Nov 1 09:53:27 PST 1996


If you have an interest in this, you might want to read "In Banks we 
Trust" by Penny Lernoux. Getting a bit dated, as it was written in the 
early '80's, as I recall, but relevant background info.
-r.w.

On Fri, 1 Nov 1996, Hard Media wrote:

> 
> Oh Oh. I said bad things about Americans...in trouble now.
> 
> Anyways. Here are some figures:
> 
> "In the 20 year period between 1970 and 1989, the external debt of
> developing nations grew from
> $68.4 billion to $1 283 billion, an increase of 1846 per cent. Debt service
> payments increased by 1400 per cent and were in excess of $160 billion by
> the end of the 80s."
> 
> by the way most of this debt is concentrated in South American.
> 
> 
> Zaid
> 
> 
> 
> 






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