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====Derivatives as engines of hypothesis====
====Derivatives as engines of hypothesis====
Do swaps change all that? No: because at some point, swaps must be ''based in the reality from which they are derived''.
Do swaps change all that? No: because at some point, swaps must be ''based in the reality from which they are derived''.
 
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{{D|Derivative|/dɪˈrɪvətɪv/|n}}FINANCE: (of a product) having a value deriving from an underlying variable asset.
{{D|Derivative|/dɪˈrɪvətɪv/|n}}
FINANCE: (of a product) having a value deriving from an underlying variable asset.}}


It was only once the [[Children of the Woods|Children of the Forest]] wrought their wristy magic on the [[First Men]] in the dark thickets of [[Bretton Woods|Woods of Bretton]] that the ways of the [[Single agreement|Single Agreement]] came into common understanding. Only then were leaden, earth-bound notions of necessary principal swept away. Only then did the swap market take wing, upon the nuclear power of infinite [[leverage]].  
It was only once the [[Children of the Woods|Children of the Forest]] wrought their wristy magic on the [[First Men]] in the dark thickets of [[Bretton Woods|Woods of Bretton]] that the ways of the [[Single agreement|Single Agreement]] came into common understanding. Only then were leaden, earth-bound notions of necessary principal swept away. Only then did the swap market take wing, upon the nuclear power of infinite [[leverage]].  

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