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Crisis Progress Report (11): The Dark Side

Posted by straightlinelogic 9 years, 8 months ago to Economics
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Although there have been some reluctant murmurings acknowledging past ineffectuality, paradoxically, the belief persists that more debt, monetization, and suppression will stop the “healthy correction” from becoming a rout. These whistlers past the graveyard, shielded from reality and consequences for so long, have—to borrow from Darth Vader—no idea of the power of the Dark Side of Debt. All the governments and central banks of the world, with all their “macroeconomic tools,” will be as effective as a Boy Scout troop with shovels and superglue would be trying to repair a gaping fissure in Hoover Dam.

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  • Posted by richrobinson 9 years, 8 months ago
    It does seem that to some extent our fate is tied to China. I read that they are selling some of their US debt holdings. When does that become a problem?
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