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To: clochard who wrote (106925)	1/10/2010 4:38:33 AM
From: Chispas	Respond to of 110194

Your points could be very worthwhile as college subjects. I don't recall anything like this taught when I was in school, and expect it will never happen.

To: clochard who wrote (106925)	1/10/2010 2:42:07 PM
From: GST	3 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110194

<The Japanese have managed to hide debt forever so they are still in a deflationary hole. A similar fate could afflict the west in varying degrees.> Yes we might go the same way -- when we save 20% of our incomes, have no net foreign debt and a massive trade surplus. Until then, there is only one enduring trend for the United States -- inflation. BTW, Japan's savings rate and trade position have dwindled -- once removed, these key supports to their economy are likely to take Japan in the same direction as the US -- incurable inflation. The global trend could not be more clear -- inflation is the beast that is being set free to roam and destroy 'wealth' while creating the illusion of sustaining 'income'. Protecting against this inflation will come to be the dominant economic and political issue of this new decade. Here is a hint: buying a house won't protect you at all.