maandag 15 juni 2009

Krugman vreest deflatie


Wie bang is voor inflatie heeft er volgens zijn laatste NYT-column niets van begrepen.

To sum up: A few months ago the U.S. economy was in danger of falling into depression. Aggressive monetary policy and deficit spending have, for the time being, averted that danger. And suddenly critics are demanding that we call the whole thing off, and revert to business as usual.
Those demands should be ignored. It’s much too soon to give up on policies that have, at most, pulled us a few inches back from the edge of the abyss.