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- From: mpolen@suntory.mti.sgi.com (Mike Polen)
- Newsgroups: sci.econ,alt.amateur-comp,talk.politics.misc,misc.misc
- Subject: Re: GM Plant Closures and Economic Problems
- Date: 16 Dec 1992 16:15:02 GMT
- Organization: Mips Technologies, Inc.
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- mike) writes:
- |> Mike Polen) writes:
- |> >mike) writes:
- |> >|>
- |> >|> nelson_p@apollo.hp.com (Peter Nelson) writes:
- |> >|>
- |> >|> [stuff about unions deleted]
- |> >|>
- |> >|> >The correct solution to having good working conditions and good
- |> >|> >worker treatment is to have an economy that's strong enough
- |> >|> >so it generates so many jobs that workers are always in demand.
- |> >|>
- |> >|> Isn't that what causes increased labor prices which leads to run-away
- |> >|> inflation?
- |> >
- |> >No. Given a constant money supply and no deficit spending, there is only
- |> >so much to go around, and it all - eventually - is paid to someone.
- |>
- |> Well, that kind of neglects the velocity of money, but...
- |>
- |> I'm sorry. I based my labor/inflation statement on reality, not some
- |> fairy tale notion of "constant money supply and no deficit spending".
- |>
- I agree. But under "reality" inflation is caused by the printing of
- money and deficit spending, not by a strong economy. The two may even
- be mutually exclusive.
-
- |> Oh, and I don't mean that maliciously. Ideally, it might be great to have
- |> a constant money supply and no deficit spending... but that just doesn't seem
- |> to be a reality at this point in time.
-
- But it is the problem.
- |>
- |> Also, why in God's name would you want 0% inflation? I could understand
- |> supporting a Federal Reserve policy of *constant* inflation, say a predictable
-
- I give up. What are the benefits of inflation? Why is constant
- inflation better than any other kind?
- --
- These opinions are usually my own, sometimes my dog's,
- occasionaly my (grown) children's, never my employer's.
-