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Cautionary Inflation Tale

Steve Keen
Steve Keen (born 28 March 1953) is an Australian-born, British-based economist and author. He considers himself a post-Keynesian, criticising neoclassical economics as inconsistent, unscientific and empirically unsupported. The major influences on Keen's thinking about economics include John Maynard Keynes, Karl Marx, Hyman Minsky, Piero Sraffa, Augusto Graziani, Joseph Alois Schumpeter, Thorstein Veblen, and François Quesnay.

11 comments

  1. Why people take that “script” whatever that is, what was it backed with?

    • It was backed by what money is always backed with, the faith and legitimacy of the institution issuring it, which in this case, was the mayor of Wargill

    • @Mervin Chin did he own half the town? Was he a mafia boss? Did he have some unusual weapons ?

    • @jmbpaz lol, those are great questions, apparently the people had enough incentive to use his script, maybe he was just a nice guy

  2. what podcast is this short from?

  3. this is fine, but lets say i want to save up money for work on the house like an extension. my money is depreciated how do i afford anything greater than the money payment from the govt. not every good or service is immediate need or want.

    • The purpose of this type of stimulus is much different than that of a stimulus for savings, hence the stamp. You would design a program much different if you're looking to increase aggregate savings

    • I think what this line of thought leads us to is that we need more than one type of currency, and that capital expenses denominated in the same currency as consumer expenses is irrational.

    • @Pay to Win MTG It's a brief point in history, and an interesting scenario, adapting a slippery slope paradigm to it is a bit advanced

  4. JCResDocStudt94 l Verified l ᱬ l

    that does seem to be the answer , but not programmable. just w incentives like this. but a 2ndary currency. _Jc

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