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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 12:24 PM Original message |
Will the Fed listen to Doctor Krugman, or just drive off the nearest cliff? (re: interest rates) |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. This looks like a repeat of the mistake FDR made in the mid 1930's |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 07:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Yes, and without the success of FDR in the early 1930's |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. 1937. Henry Morgenthau actually played an important role in talking him into a tight $ policy. |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. "Beware the dollar hawks" |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 07:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 11:34 AM Response to Reply #2 |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. Thanks for posting this, Kurt_and_Hunter. I'll be back to read in depth. |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. You're welcome. It's an excellent pair of entries |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
4. I wish unrecc'ers would share their thinking |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 07:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. They're sharing all the thinking they have. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 09:37 AM Response to Reply #4 |
21. It's animus against anything even mildly critical of Obama's actions (or inactions). |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
6. Interesting, the "silliness of the serious person". |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Serious positions seem to be a mix of obviousness and contempt |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
11. Everytime I've suggested inflation is a good idea for the US economy |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. he isnt saying inflation is good |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Yes, though he is also saying it is good (to some degree) |
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DLnyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
12. Seems like there are those that profit from inflation and those that lose from |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 12:05 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. That's not entirely true |
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DLnyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 01:30 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I don't think we're talking about the same issues. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
14. The Australian RBA just raised rates- and they're blowing it by doing so |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
15. The Biggest Threat Is Rapid Deflation, Not Inflation |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
16. Why should they listen to a Noble Laureate who.....wait. Never mind. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 06:15 AM Response to Original message |
19. Can I remind everyone, especially Ron Paul Fed haters, that both sides accept necessity of the Fed? |
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mtnester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 06:27 AM Response to Original message |
20. I am guessing cliff? n/t |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Magic Eight-Ball says... |
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