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newamerica.net - 9/10/2009

Overcoming America's Debt Overhang: The Case for Inflation

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It might be called the "World's Scariest Chart." It is a snapshot of the fragile foundations of the American economy and the epic boulder it now finds itself trapped beneath. The graph shows total debt outstanding in the United States, both secured and unsecured, as a percentage of ...

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thewashingtonnote.com - 9/15/2009

STREAMING LIVE: America's Debt Overhang

— thewashingtonnote.com — Live streaming video by Ustream Big conference on America's debt mess today. I'm moderating a big chunk. Here is the rundown of a very interesting symposium thinking through the challenges of private debt overhang and the public debt debate. The bursting of the housing and credit ... (more) STREAMING LIVE: America's Debt Overhang

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The WonkLine: September 10, 2009
Wonk Room — ... extraordinary government assistance.” House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA) said yesterday that he will “tweak” Rep. Ron Paul’s (R-TX) legislation allowing an audit of the Federal Reserve in order to “ameliorate concerns” about threatening Fed independence. The revised language will be included as part of a broad regulatory reform package. At the New America Foundation, Chris Hayes makes the case for inflation. ...

The Case for (a Moderate Amount of non-Accelerating) Inflation
Matthew Yglesias — ... Chris Hayes has a policy paper out for New America trying to drive an idea that’s been discussed a fair amount in academic circles but doesn’t seem to have gotten much political purchase, namely that we need some more inflation in the United States over the medium-term: ...