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05675 Re: Good summary IMVHO
   The game ain't over until the last out. "The stimulus was not...
xcslewis   ALEA   26 Aug 2011
5:45 PM
05656 Re: Good summary IMVHO
   Cactus: Hyperinflation could take many more years to emerge before...
killthecat   ALEA   23 Aug 2011
6:28 PM
05655 Re: Good summary IMVHO
   Although to be fair, the rate of growth of a number of cost factors ne...
Cactus Flower   ALEA   22 Aug 2011
8:16 PM

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Re: Good summary IMVHO

By: Cactus Flower in ALEA
Mon, 22 Aug 11 7:46 AM
Msg. 05652 of 54959
(This msg. is a reply to 05650 by xcslewis)
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Hi csl,

At what point do the hyperinflation folks admit their argument has burst? I think I've heard a pop more than once, in fact!

Folks are investing in Treasuries at the lowest rates in living memory. This is something real, rather than speculative. The Keynesian theory predicted this scenario. It suggested deflation was the issue rather than inflation. It said we have a crisis of demand rather than an issue of cost expansion. So far, this analysis has been reflected in the performance of the economy almost exactly.

The right wing analysis has only wild theories of the future to content itself as its analysis of events has been a disaster. Bush economics created this catastrophe. It is not the thing to turn to for help getting out of it. Although sadly, Republican obstructionism and policy priorities have made this worse than it might have been. The stimulus was not sufficiently large, as folks like Krugman, Roubini, Stiglitz and Cactus suggested when it was adopted.

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