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- From: jfh@beach.cis.ufl.edu (James F. Hranicky)
- Newsgroups: sci.econ
- Subject: Re: GM Plant Closures and Economic Problems
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- Date: 3 Jan 93 21:48:56 GMT
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- In article <58004@dime.cs.umass.edu> yodaiken@chelm.cs.umass.edu (victor yodaiken) writes:
- >In article <38015@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu> jfh@beach.cis.ufl.edu (James F. Hranicky) writes:
- >>In article <BzCFHw.3At@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> mkohlhaa@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (mike) writes:
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- >>>I'm sorry. I based my labor/inflation statement on reality, not some
- >>>fairy tale notion of "constant money supply and no deficit spending".
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- >>Fairy tale my butt. This was the policy of the 18th and 19th century.
- >>Notice that the value of the dollar rose slightly between these times.
- >>How awful.
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- >Neither the Civil nor the revolutionary war were fought on balanced
- >budgets. Since the US government only existed for a small part of the
- >18th century, that seems to take out a big chunk of the time period
- >you indicate. Could you be a little more exact about the period that this
- >policy was followed and about the supposed benefits? Did you consider the
- >existence of state issued specie during much of this time?
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- Of course, but if you look at the CPI you will notice that it was
- at those times (the wars) when prices rose, the rest of the time the
- price level dropped. The chart is a testament to a money supply which
- increases only slightly.
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- The price stability of the U.S. began in the late 18th century. Check
- out the CPI for Britain, however, and you will see the stability go back
- to the beginning of the 18th century
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- >>0% inflation does not lead to the capital consumption caused by inlfation
- >>or deficit spending (see $4+ trillion debt).
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- >Can you name a period and economy in the industrial ages where prices have
- >been stable for more than a few years?
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- >yodaiken@chelm.cs.umass.edu
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- I again refer you to the CPI. The general trend in the 19th century
- was a gradual fall in prices, as opposed to the 20th, which has been a
- huge rise in prices.
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- Jim Hranicky (jfh@reef.cis.ufl.edu)
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