Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Deflation or Inflation...?

I maintain that monetary contraction (as in austerity measures) risks deflation and depression. Conversely, monetary expansion (as in "printing money") risks inflation and recession. Given an opportunity to choose between these two risks, I would choose monetary expansion and the risk of inflation.


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