Comments on: Highly Leveraged Financial Companies Sometimes Fail http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/03/highly-leverage.html Dispatches from a Small Business Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:39:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Deflation has as many good effects as bad http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/03/highly-leverage.html/comment-page-1#comment-10201 Deflation has as many good effects as bad Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:38:53 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/03/highly-leverage.html#comment-10201 <p>@Coyote</p> <p>Here's question your answer to which I'd be interested to hear: why should one be more interested in preventing deflation than one is interested in preventing inflation?</p> <p>If either or both periodically occur in a gold-standard economy, by what standard is deflation judged to be "worse" than inflation?</p> <p>http://economics.about.com/cs/inflation/a/deflation_4.htm</p> @Coyote

Here’s question your answer to which I’d be interested to hear: why should one be more interested in preventing deflation than one is interested in preventing inflation?

If either or both periodically occur in a gold-standard economy, by what standard is deflation judged to be “worse” than inflation?

http://economics.about.com/cs/inflation/a/deflation_4.htm

]]> By: Larry Sheldon http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/03/highly-leverage.html/comment-page-1#comment-10200 Larry Sheldon Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:25:26 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/03/highly-leverage.html#comment-10200 <p>Be sure and run a survey here in Omaha about what ought to be done with the Enron folks before you make any "everybody says" pronouncements.</p> <p>Assuming you were going to make soem.</p> Be sure and run a survey here in Omaha about what ought to be done with the Enron folks before you make any “everybody says” pronouncements.

Assuming you were going to make soem.

]]> By: mpkomara http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/03/highly-leverage.html/comment-page-1#comment-10199 mpkomara Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:10:31 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/03/highly-leverage.html#comment-10199 <p>I think the original post should read "barely distinguishable from zero". </p> I think the original post should read “barely distinguishable from zero”.

]]> By: A person http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/03/highly-leverage.html/comment-page-1#comment-10198 A person Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:50:49 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/03/highly-leverage.html#comment-10198 <p>Hm...where are the usual comments against socialism? This seems to me a case where some individuals get the rewards of high risk, but expect the taxpayer to pay the costs.</p> Hm…where are the usual comments against socialism? This seems to me a case where some individuals get the rewards of high risk, but expect the taxpayer to pay the costs.

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