Paul Krugman
thinks Japan's inflation is good news. I beg to differ. My thoughts are more along the lines of David Howden. In his new essay "
Japan's Easy Money Tsunami" Howden explains that the ultimate consequences of monetary inflation are always the same: decreased purchasing power of money and the business cycle:
However happy people have been about higher stock prices,
eventually the economic effects will be harmful; indeed the recent stock price crashes foreshadow still more troubles to come.
He notes that Mises had the analysis correct way back in 1912.
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