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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-23-05 11:23 PM Original message |
What causes inflation? |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-23-05 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. Too much money to spend. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-23-05 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. Rises In The Money Supply Without Attendent Outuput Increases |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-24-05 12:00 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Bingo. That's the classic definition, too. |
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sabbat hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-23-05 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
3. inflation |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-23-05 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. Inflation can be caused by a variety of things. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-23-05 11:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. True, the causes are a lot more complicated than too much |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-24-05 12:00 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. and the right wing still blames the working class... |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-24-05 12:53 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. True. Unilateral cartel price increases for oil are one example. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-24-05 04:06 AM Response to Reply #5 |
18. can oversupply of money be artificial or natural? |
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Rodger Dodger (87 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-24-05 12:41 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Motive- Repay debt with inflated dollars |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-24-05 01:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Int. rates and Msupply aren't the only ways gov't can control inflation. |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-24-05 02:48 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. In the long run FDR's wage and price controls |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-24-05 01:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. I don't think that's the case. |
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BillZBubb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-23-05 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
6. There is no single cause. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-24-05 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
9. Greenspans overactive imagination |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-24-05 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
10. Frost. |
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OxQQme (694 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-24-05 12:40 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. So, how long until we |
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wiggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-24-05 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
14. Do we believe the inflation rate has been 3-4% per year? |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-24-05 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
15. War almost always causes inflation becuase US Gov't becomes such a big |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-24-05 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
20. Hot Air ??? |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-24-05 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
21. High gas prices = High shipping costs = Higher prices for goods |
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