Daily Dispatches

By Vincent Cook

Reg Howe is to be highly commended for
calling our attention to an academic paper
co-authored by former Treasury Secretary
Lawrence Summers concerning a positive
correlation between wholesale price levels
and interest rates that existed under the
classical gold standard (also known as
quot;Gibson's paradoxquot;).

It should be noted that the paradox depends
on a couple of crucial assumptions about the

By Joe van Zyl
Bedfordview, South Africa
swissbourgh@worldonline.co.za

As a shareholder of the South African Reserve
Bank, I have directed questions to the bank in
respect of the bank's involvement in gold swaps
and collateral agreements, but the bank refused to
make any information available. I requested Peter
George to have questions in Parliament directed to
the minister of finance, Trevor Manuel. Manuel is

August 27, 2001

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

quot;Rediscovering Gold in the 21st Century: The Complete Guide
to the Next Gold Rushquot; is the only book in print that explains
the cause of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee in a
positive light.

Written by Craig R. Smith, CEO of Swiss America Trading
Corp. of Scottsdale, Ariz., and published just weeks ago by
IdeaFactory Press, this book is the perfect educational tool

9p ET Thursday, August 23, 2001

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Thanks to the Tocqueville Fund people and
GATA supporter Jim Cole for the following
transcript of the interview yesterday with
John Hathaway on the Fox News program quot;Your
World with Neil Cavuto.quot;

CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.

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From the Fox News program
quot;Your World with Neil Cavutoquot;