Does anyone think that as central banks inflate their money supply they'll eventually go bankrupt and that in order to avoid that outcome they will combine with other economies to stay afloat? I wonder if governments will take a cue from businesses that avoid bankruptcies by allowing themselves to be swallowed by a bigger fish.
Pyramid: Does anyone think that as central banks inflate their money supply they'll eventually go bankrupt and that in order to avoid that outcome they will combine with other economies to stay afloat? I wonder if governments will take a cue from businesses that avoid bankruptcies by allowing themselves to be swallowed by a bigger fish.
No.
Why not? Wouldn't this be a perceived advantage of economic and monetary union?
They might. It would just delay the collapse, though, and it would be far worse than otherwise.
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I agree. I do not think that the recent actions by central banks or by Paulson and Bernanke were made out of ignorance. I believe they now EXACTLY what they are doing which is contraian to Austrian economics. In being contrary they themselves are on the opposite of the coin when it comes to economic liberty. We are already seeing the freedoms of the market being taken away by nationalizing the banking institutions and I see the combining of economies as a perceived though not actual solution.
Yes & No. If we were to be under a total world economy (& proxy, world government), a total depressiong and/or recession would be far worse than what will occur now, and the central planners may realize this. I think we will further evolve towards a more concrete Polyarchy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyarchy), with sham nations & borders put up for face to hide the increasingly consolidating (smaller & smaller) oligarchy profiting & controlling the world economies. I believe further State-Socialism will be integral in providing the farce hiding the emerging Klepocratic and/or Fascist rule.
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Nitroadict:I believe further State-Socialism will be integral in providing the farce hiding the emerging Klepocratic and/or Fascist rule.
In today's daily article by Shostak he mentioned the Fed will now extend loads directly to big buisness, are they even bothering to hide it?
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GilesStratton: Nitroadict:I believe further State-Socialism will be integral in providing the farce hiding the emerging Klepocratic and/or Fascist rule. In today's daily article by Shostak he mentioned the Fed will now extend loads directly to big buisness, are they even bothering to hide it?
I meant on the citizen level, with government propaganda revving up to spin such blatant & obvious actions, that all of this will be percieved as "necessary", with a watered down expectation of the government being socialist eventually following. For those that know better though, it will become even more of a double-speak, passing the buck nightmare than it already is.
GilesStratton:In today's daily article by Shostak he mentioned the Fed will now extend loads directly to big buisness, are they even bothering to hide it?
Didn't read the article so...
That's the whole point of a 'helicopter drop', to bypass the financial intermediatries and get money past the 'liquidity trap' to solve the credit crunch.
Old Helicopter Ben has made no effort to hide his intentions on this matter.
My finance teacher was telling the class today that the central bank was independant of the government, I lol'd.