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  • Some assets are very much like cash. You're making a big deal out of nothing.
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    • btw, there is a reason people call it cash, not money.
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      • I assume moron is a downgrade from '****...

        Anyway, re: the long-term problem, I'm not terribly optimistic that we're going to enact sensible reforms. Based on what I've seen over that past ~8 years I've really been paying attention to our government, I see little reason to believe a grand compromise (entitlement cuts, military cuts, tax increases & tax reform) is achieveable. I really hope I'm wrong.

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        • Re: the 2003 Krugman article, he notes:

          unless we slide into Japanese-style deflation, there are much higher interest rates in our future.
          Isn't his current fear that Japanese-style deflation?

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          • Originally posted by Kidicious View Post
            btw, there is a reason people call it cash, not money.
            Yes, because money includes bank deposits which aren't cash.
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            • Originally posted by MikeH View Post
              Yes, because money includes bank deposits which aren't cash.
              It's more than that.
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              • This is the nub of the issue. You say it is, I thought it was. I was wrong too.
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                • Originally posted by MikeH View Post
                  This is the nub of the issue. You say it is, I thought it was. I was wrong too.
                  You're thinking about what is called the money supply. These are all just terms used for accounting. Which is why it's stupid to keep arguing about them like this.
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                  • And yet you can't stop.
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                    • Just submit.
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                      • Originally posted by MikeH View Post
                        Just submit.
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                        • Originally posted by Kidicious View Post
                          Some assets are very much like cash. You're making a big deal out of nothing.
                          No, you dolt, I'm explaining why the creation of assets which are not fixed in cash value doesn't have the same implications for inflation as does the creation of money
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                          • Of course he'd probably say the financial situation now (meaning post crash) was very different then during the bubble years. In fact he's been pointing out those differences for years now.



                            I can think of one difference between 2003 and today that completely explains Krugman's 180 on this issue.
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                            • That couldn't possibly be it. Why would such a well respected economist let such a thing affect his interpretation of date?
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                              • Originally posted by Drake Tungsten View Post
                                I can think of one difference between 2003 and today that completely explains Krugman's 180 on this issue.
                                zing

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