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- From: cmk@athena.mit.edu (Charles M Kozierok)
- Subject: Re: Surviving Hyper-Inflation
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- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 15:32:08 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan12.013500.5339@adobe.com> hamachi@adobe.com (Gordon Hamachi) writes:
- >Gordon Hamachi writes
- >> I read the book and it scares the hell out of me.
-
- same here.
-
- >
- >Figgie's "Bankruptcy 1995" still scares the hell out of me, but for an
- >alternative view, see Business Week, January 11, 1993, p. 14.
- >
- >The reviewer says:
- >
- > His predictions of economic ruin are, frankly, silly. If the deficit
- > goes unchecked, he anticipates a currency collapse, widespread bank
- > failures, massive layoffs, cuts in Social Security benefits, and
- > hyperinflation.
-
- i'll have to read the article. but on the surface, having somebody
- in a big mag like BW say "p'shah" is hardly surprising.
- >
- > I would like to make Figgie a little wager. I will bet him a year's
- > pay that by 1995, the annual deficit will still be in the neighborhood of
- ^^^^^
-
- still? it was over $250B in '91, and will be over $300B in '92.
-
- > $150 billion to $200 billion, and even so, our currency will be strong,
- > inflation will be quite modest, and the U.S. economy will be, overall,
- > healthier than it is today.
-
- Gordon -- does the reviewer actually have anything to back up his claims?
- if the above are the highlights of the article, it suggests not. does
- he explain why Figgie's claims are "silly" or why he is making his
- "wager"?
-
- --
- charles
-