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To: mishedlo who wrote (53686)	2/13/2006 11:45:07 AM
From: gpowell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

This is why we should allow the free market to supply money. Only a market will ensure that the marginal value of the next dollar created matches the marginal value of next output created.

To: mishedlo who wrote (53686)	2/13/2006 12:38:39 PM
From: shades	Respond to of 110194

Heinz, ...that they are nuts. I dont know about the rest, but if heinz is insinuating that my free money will go into shiny metal instead of hookers and trips to disneyworld and more hard drive storage for my porn collection like lots of other geeks on slashdot - he is NUTZ. Also if he is recommending drooy and I already post that gold and mining shares can LEGALLY be siezed by the gubbment - he is NUTZ I tell you - hehe. Reckless expansion of money and credit is the problem. Right, housing bubble blog guy clearly shows with his articles that lack of regulation and reprecussions for EVIL people making all these loans is the PROBLEM - they ADMIT they are CRACK DEALER types - Russ I believe said it was bound to happen no matter what - but I think if we had made laws and arrested EVIL loan officer types and threw their asses in jail many years ago - things would not have gotten so bad. I wouldn't be seeing hookers if I was getting thrown in jail - I get away with it though - so I keep doing it. Any basket of goods that doesn't include Mr. John Corzines weekly expense on hookers is a FRAUD - hehe

To: mishedlo who wrote (53686)	2/13/2006 1:08:14 PM
From: russwinter	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

One of the aspects to keep in mind in your discussion is mobilization of money. For instance, if you look at the great inflation in Germany in the early 1920's, the CBs printed lots of money, and credit exploded. However initially this didn't have a huge affect on inflation, until suddenly people's behavior really changed. They starting speculating to get rid of cash, and borrowed where possible. That's the term "crack up boom". Actually when the boom got underway, the German CB actually did try to soft land it, and slowed the presses. They actually pointed to how "well they were behaving", but it was too late to stop a major hyperinflation, as money mobilization went haywire. I would also closely watch Japan, because they have massive deposits that could get quickly mobilized. Judging the behaviors we talk about here, some similar trends might be underway today? If so, then the only way to stop it, will be massive liquidity withdrawals. Bernanke's and Greenspan's incremental transparency would totally fail in such a scenario.

To: mishedlo who wrote (53686)	2/13/2006 2:25:17 PM
From: GST	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110194

<I keep asking and I keep getting no answers> You can ask any list of silly questions you like to avoid the issue, and the issue is relatively straight forward: Inflation and deflation refer to persistent changes in prices, not money supply. Money supply is a factor of some importance, but is by no means the only force driving prices. Most people know this - but then most people do not live in your one-dimensional alternate reality where 19th century economic ideology is the answer to everything. Inflation refers to persistent changes in prices, not money supply. Details concerning proper measurement are important technical issues that many will be willing to discuss -- but these silly questions of yours have nothing to do with the core definition of inflation, despite your desperate attempts to make them sound important.