Meanwhile a lot of old folks & others on fixed income would starve or freeze to death.
"My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives."
-----Original Message----- From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org] On Behalf Of Carrol Cox Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 8:26 AM To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] liberal austerity
Doug Henwood wrote:
>
>
> Max, have you ever met a deficit you don't like? Surely the sort
we're
> seeing this year and next isn't sustainable. Should we worry about
> paying it down, or just forget about it?
How great/long a hyperinflation would it take to wipe out the debt & start with a clean (!) slate?
And what would happen when the inflation ended?
Carrol
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