[lbo-talk] Quantitative Easing

Michael Pollak mpollak at panix.com
Mon Nov 22 17:16:54 PST 2010


On Mon, 22 Nov 2010, Alan Rudy wrote:


> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTUY16CkS-k&feature=player_embedded
>
> this thing's spreading everywhere and, while there are some good
> criticisms in it, its primarily an anti-government screed

It's just Ron Paul anti-fed populism, pure and simple.

The teddy bears can make anything funny though. I don't know why anyone uses any other option.

Michal


>
> it argues that the Fed sees deflation when it doesn't - its trying to
> forestall it, it argues that deflation's good for consumers but leaves
> out that deflation's bad for jobs and investment, it suggests that QE's
> only about deflation and that it's the only idea the Fed's got, it
> pulls out the CPI but then ties all sorts of things not measured by the
> CPI to the Fed's purported mis-reading of it and its meaning, it argues
> that the Fed's never done anything right, that administrators have to
> come from business or prior administrative experience, and... yeesh.
>
> as always, you don't have to be a fan of the Fed to dislike the way the
> argument against the Fed is introduced here... the enemy of my enemy
> isn't always...
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