Today James Dailey delves into the battle between inflation and deflation our economy faces. James believes that while the challenges our economy faces are inherently deflationary this will ultimately be resolved with massive money printing.
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Patrick Peterson makes we LSU fans proud, with a little chuckle, Europe slides down a drain of its own making, China builds empty cities (yes, they are still doing it) and we learn how to increase our chances at winning the office football pool and skunk our friends at Monopoly.
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Comstock Partmers expounds on the dynamics of debt deflation and its implications for today's environment.
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American Public Media’s Paddy Hirsch does a good job of breaking down the deflation and inflation risks we are facing. I think he ends up discussing the likely outcome. Deflation, or at least very low inflation, for the next 2-3 years followed by accelerating inflationary pressures for the next 5-7 years. Inflation from Marketplace...
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Given the carnage in the banking sector overseas it seems pretty hard to justify the idea that people are too optimistic about any financial sector or group overall, but maybe markets still are? Let us forget the specific problems we have been discussing about European financials including them being even more leveraged than here...
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Contra David Merkel, Amity Schlaes says a choice can be made, and Bernanke’s worry should be inflation. Update: David left me a comment, so I am going to include it, and my response: I’m not saying regulators won’t be forced to make a choice, or what that choice might be. My opinion on what...
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David Merkel says both. Download article as PDF
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