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Strategies & Market Trends : John Pitera's Market Laboratory

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To: Cactus Jack who wrote (10136)10/2/2008 9:10:22 AM
From: Terry Whitman1 Recommendation  Read Replies (2) of 33421
 
>Isn't a recession necessary to make the economy stronger in the big picture? <

That's the Austrian School in a nutshell. The Keynesian model, which is what the U.S. and most others have
followed for the past 50 years says that government spending and control of the money supply can prevent
large economic contractions.

There are many examples where gov't intervention has likely helped, but at the cost of devaluation of the currency,
and a heavy burden on the taxpayer. There are also examples of where incessant gov't meddling and huge expansions
of the money supply did not work. The best example of this is the Japanese experience of 1985- present.
mises.org

My mentor told me years ago that demographically, Japan was about 10 years ahead of the U.S.A. Major trends that
occurred 10 years ago in Japan, should be similar to today in the U.S.

Unfortunately, if we continue to implement the Japanese Keynesian methods, we should expect similar results.
In fact, it is unclear whether their secular bear market has even ended yet, 18 years later..
finance.yahoo.com
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