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To: Freedom Fighter who wrote (77054)3/6/2000 2:33:00 PM
From: Skeeter Bug  Respond to of 132070
 
>>This is a widely believed and reported fantasy.<<

by amateur investors, nonetheless! ;-)



To: Freedom Fighter who wrote (77054)3/6/2000 7:43:00 PM
From: Bill F.  Respond to of 132070
 
wayne-well said.toomuch revisionist history and too little knowledge of what really happened.



To: Freedom Fighter who wrote (77054)3/7/2000 10:29:00 PM
From: yard_man  Respond to of 132070
 
yeah, and Greenman is trigger happy -- ready to flood the system at the slightest possibility of a downturn -- guess he is just forward-looking <s>



To: Freedom Fighter who wrote (77054)3/7/2000 11:02:00 PM
From: BGR  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 132070
 
Wayne,

Solow argued convincingly in his book Inflation, Unemployment and Monetary Policy that liquidity trap and pushing on a string are largely market myths. He, of course, is a world-renowned Economist (with a Nobel, too), so his ideas may not appeal to you.

Yes, the Japanese are not trying hard enough. They have been urged by many to let the printing presses run.

-BGR.