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I still think there's going to be some deflation, though perhaps less dramatic than what we saw in the depression. In one of the years, 1932 I believe, the currency deflated about 17 percent.

To the fury of many Americans; everyone I know is furious that we bailed out all the companies who were in distress, costing us several hundred billion dollars. Now some of them are asking for more bailout money and they're doing the same thing that got them into trouble in the first place. Apparent...

There was actually a slight amount of deflation in 2009 when it seemed like everything was falling apart. we still have inflation at the moment, although not nearly as much as many were expecting.

Some people fantasize that the girl of their dreams will magically appear and come to save them. Other people fantasize that they'll win the lottery, and that will save them. Still others fantasize that hyperinflation will save them. There oughta be a name for those fantasies. Yeah, I wish i had th...

I've noticed that even if unemployment stays roughly steady, at least the official unemployment, the length of unemployment continues to climb. The average length in November 2011 was 41 weeks, higher than at any time since the 1930's. The only reason unemployment has even held steady is because peo...

My expectation for 2012 is Greek defaulting and setting off the chain reaction. The bitter political fighting will continue and likely get worse, and the United States economy will start falling again.

Unfortunately, there are a lot of people that are going to end up losing everything, rich and poor alike. There might be people who disagree, but I think 2012 is going to be a very bad year economically.

I'm referring to the stock market bubble, the housing bubble, and the credit bubble.

Okay, here are the 2-year and 10-year bond yields for Belgium, France, Ireland, Portugal, Greece, Italy, and Spain as of Dec 27: Belgium 2 year bonds-2.36% Belgium 10 year bonds- 4.03% France 10 year bonds-3% Greece 2 year bonds- 132.56% Greece 10 year bonds- 35.43% Ireland 2 year bonds-8.1% Ireland...

even under normal circumstances, everybody is going to screw up once in a while. However, I haven't heard anyone explain why there was a bubble or what it means for the stock market.