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Hyperinflation Redux

My recent post on the US Hyperinflation Coming ties in nicely with the note provided below by Chris Coyne. He quotes Beaulier and Boettke who argue (along with Adam Smith) that facing up to our debt problems now is the proper course. In effect, they argue for the Zimbabwe solution now as opposed to waiting until things get much worse. However they are economists and not seated politicians. It is highly unlikely that such an approach will be taken, given the spineless, whining wimps that pass for legislators. Certainly not before the end becomes obvious to the mass citizenry. Until then, the pols will use smoke and mirrors to claim that all is well. When the obvious becomes so obvious, inflation will be well along, probably having an insurmountable lead over what the Fed will then be able

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