Comments on: Will There be Zimbabwe-Type Hyperinflation in the USA? http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/06/will-there-be-zimbabwe-type-hyperinflation-in-the-usa/ a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:07:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: brian http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/06/will-there-be-zimbabwe-type-hyperinflation-in-the-usa/#comment-47874 brian Sat, 13 Jun 2009 04:36:33 +0000 http://dissidentvoice.org/?p=8629#comment-47874 'Will There be Zimbabwe-Type Hyperinflation in the USA?' not unless the US comes under brutal sanctions...aka an economic blockade! ‘Will There be Zimbabwe-Type Hyperinflation in the USA?’

not unless the US comes under brutal sanctions…aka an economic blockade!

]]> By: rg the lg http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/06/will-there-be-zimbabwe-type-hyperinflation-in-the-usa/#comment-47859 rg the lg Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:06:47 +0000 http://dissidentvoice.org/?p=8629#comment-47859 Oh Mikey ... what is wrong with your thinking? Capitalism might collapse? Ah, break my friggin' heart! Capitalism was predicted to f*** itself in the long run ... and any critic of capitalism knows that there is a saturation point. Maybe the GOOD news is that you are right and our economy is on skid row ... and that most of us would prefer to see the bums continue to sit there whining for all of the spare change. I am hoping that, maybe, people will begin to ween themselves from their addictions to 'stuff' and continue to keep the economy flat on its back ... and perhaps, a kinder, gentler, less greedy economy will emerge. Not likely, but it is certainly better than your hand wringing about the failure of the capitalist class to keep their foots on our throats! RG the LG Oh Mikey … what is wrong with your thinking?

Capitalism might collapse?

Ah, break my friggin’ heart!

Capitalism was predicted to f*** itself in the long run … and any critic of capitalism knows that there is a saturation point. Maybe the GOOD news is that you are right and our economy is on skid row … and that most of us would prefer to see the bums continue to sit there whining for all of the spare change.

I am hoping that, maybe, people will begin to ween themselves from their addictions to ‘stuff’ and continue to keep the economy flat on its back … and perhaps, a kinder, gentler, less greedy economy will emerge. Not likely, but it is certainly better than your hand wringing about the failure of the capitalist class to keep their foots on our throats!

RG the LG

]]> By: Michael Dawson http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/06/will-there-be-zimbabwe-type-hyperinflation-in-the-usa/#comment-47855 Michael Dawson Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:58:47 +0000 http://dissidentvoice.org/?p=8629#comment-47855 Personally, I don't buy the emphasis on "consumer" psychology. The personal savings rate is just another way of saying money the rich are stashing, rather than investing. And most people in the bottom 75 percent would spend wildly if they could. trouble is, they've been taking the shaft for 30 plus years. Our problem is economic polarization/capitalist success, not altered psychology. All those GD II survivors had no trouble going on a binge in the late 1940s-1970, did they? Personally, I don’t buy the emphasis on “consumer” psychology. The personal savings rate is just another way of saying money the rich are stashing, rather than investing. And most people in the bottom 75 percent would spend wildly if they could. trouble is, they’ve been taking the shaft for 30 plus years.

Our problem is economic polarization/capitalist success, not altered psychology.

All those GD II survivors had no trouble going on a binge in the late 1940s-1970, did they?

]]> By: David http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/06/will-there-be-zimbabwe-type-hyperinflation-in-the-usa/#comment-47852 David Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:40:48 +0000 http://dissidentvoice.org/?p=8629#comment-47852 Mike wrote: "This is good news for the economy’s long-term strength, but bad for short-term recovery." Nice! Unfortunately, there is no long-term economy. Mike wrote:

“This is good news for the economy’s long-term strength, but bad for short-term recovery.”

Nice! Unfortunately, there is no long-term economy.

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