Manager – Head of the Quantitative Trading Group at Maple Securities, USA, Inc.
Business and Social Entrepreneur
Author – Numerous short stories, two plays, and a book in progress.
Interests – Computer Programming, Amateur Radio, Travel, Networking
Family Man – Wife: Eve, Sons: Davis and Glen
“I would go back to the drawing board if it hadn’t been repossessed last week.”
“Given the economy, and now that you have written the proof that two can live as cheaply as one, I guess I will marry you.”
Paul Krugman wrote a piece in the New York Times in which he wonders if Congress will vote on a stimulus package to head off the Great Depression II.
Some believe that it was World War 2 that got us out of the depression because it was the greatest stimulus spending package of all.
I disagree. I believe it was my father’s generation, the Greatest Generation that fought the War and that got us out of the Great Depression.
People got us our of our predicimanet, not policies.
The NY Times published my letter.
Recently, I reprinted the letter and illustrated it with stamps from my collection. The top contains U. S. stamps, and I notice they feature leaders and statesmen. The 3 cent stamp to the right commemorates the National Recovery Act of 1933, and it shows a woman, a businessman, a factory worker (whith a hammer over his shoulder), and a farmer with a sickle, all walking side by side. There was no inflation during the depression (in fact, there was deflation.)
By way of contrast, Germany had rampant inflation. All the German stamps in my collection are uncancelled. By the time a postage stamp made it to the post office it was worthless. The left-most stamp is for 10 marks, the rightmost 20 billion! Eventually it took a strong leader to get the economy under control… and we see who that was.
Catherine Lathwell writes: “Even though I’ve only known Brooke Allen for a short time, I feel confident in saying this is most probably a typical photo of the guy. He’s filled to the brim with stories and they flow like water. He’s right in the middle of a good one here, I can tell.” To see, Go here
Catherine Lathwell is producing a movie about APL, and she is the daughter of Dick Lathwell, one of the original developers of the APL product for IBM.
