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Japan's lessons for America's budget warriors… « Mostly Economics

It should not follow policies of Japan's stop and go approach towards stimulus. Since the collapse of Japan's housing bubble in 1990, the country has suffered more than two decades of deflation , stagnant growth, and … [...]

Dear brethren of the ECB, debt deflation is alive and kicking down …

Uncategorized · Home > Uncategorized > Dear brethren of the ECB, debt deflation is alive and kicking down (Irish edition, 3 graphs) … Hey, Tyler, do you consider this sudden 13% decline to be 'real' deflation ? Ireland2. [...]

"Detonating The Japanese Debt Time Bomb" With Kyle Bass | Zero …

It is the Japanese institutions that own JGBs and they own them at meager rates of interest simply because of the ingrained belief in deflation ; when the government begins to target 2% inflation, the swing in forward … [...]

Shinzo and the Helicopters (Somewhat Wonkish) – NYTimes.com

Adam Posen — who taught me most of what I know about Japan — is against the fiscal stimulus, and wants a sole focus on monetary expansion to end deflation . Richard Koo likes the stimulus but wants to forget about the … [...]

The Bonddad Blog: Deflationary recessions are different

But what about a debt- deflationary driven recession, such as described by Prof. Irving Singer or Hyman Minsky as an explanation for the Great Depression? In that case, deflation isn't a positive, but a negative, and the deeper … [...]

Krugman-in-Wonderland: Japan Steps in It

Well you can't have debt deflation without a great pile of debt to begin with. A cycle, by the nature of being a cycle, must first pump up, and then deflate back down again, before pumping again. So Minsky's debt deflation is at … [...]

Worthwhile Japanese Initiative – NYTimes.com

What Japan needs, then, is to boot itself out of its deflationary trap; and a situation where there isn't too much economic slack is actually a very good time to do that. And here's an important point that has gone remarkably … [...]

Financial Markets and the State – Jörg Guido Hülsmann

This speech by Jörg Guido Hülsmann, entitled Financial Markets and the State, was delivered in Bucharest, on May 15, 2012, at the Academy of Economic [...]

An Interview with Jörg Guido Hülsmann

This interview with Jörg Guido Hülsmann was conducted for the Mises Institute Romania by journalists Florin Rusu and Adrian Mo?oianu. Date: May 15, 2012. [...]

Keiser Report: Wealth & Wage Extinction (E389)

In this episode, Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert discuss the economics of wealth and wage extinction. They talk about hunger wages, household income and the [...]