Re:Hyperinflation Is Here
by woofie11 on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @12:10PM
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A genuine expansion of the money supply might take time to reach consumers, but it WILL reach consumers. Thought experiment.
A crisis, COVID2029, puts everyone out of work for a year:
1) I print 9 trillion dollars, and allow 300 million recently-unemployed Americans to pay their mortgages during a global crisis. Crisis ends, and everyone goes back to work with 9 trillion new dollars printed. During the crisis, everyone gets a bag of cash, but there's no inflation. Crisis ends. Boom. As soon as everyone's back at work, the inflation kicks in, since there's 9 trillion dollars of new currency in play.
2) I issue zero-interest loans to 300 million recently-unemployed Americans, allowing them to push back their mortgages by one year. I've injected 9 trillion dollars into the economy, but I naturally suck it back out after the crisis. No inflation.
A crisis, COVID2029, puts everyone out of work for a year:
1) I print 9 trillion dollars, and allow 300 million recently-unemployed Americans to pay their mortgages during a global crisis. Crisis ends, and everyone goes back to work with 9 trillion new dollars printed. During the crisis, everyone gets a bag of cash, but there's no inflation. Crisis ends. Boom. As soon as everyone's back at work, the inflation kicks in, since there's 9 trillion dollars of new currency in play.
2) I issue zero-interest loans to 300 million recently-unemployed Americans, allowing them to push back their mortgages by one year. I've injected 9 trillion dollars into the economy, but I naturally suck it back out after the crisis. No inflation.