tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post999814974645460607..comments2024-02-17T12:34:01.400-08:00Comments on Illusion of Prosperity: Garbage In, Garbage OutStagflationary Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04568993350246477976noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post-26186857884783474262013-04-05T22:52:05.112-07:002013-04-05T22:52:05.112-07:00Troy & TJandTheBear,
There's no reason to...Troy & TJandTheBear,<br /><br /><i>There's no reason to become alarmed, and we hope you'll enjoy the rest of your flight. By the way, is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane?</i> - Elaine Dickinson, Airplane!, 1980Stagflationary Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04568993350246477976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post-64336944455955055722013-04-05T20:13:30.171-07:002013-04-05T20:13:30.171-07:00Yes, the garbage indicator. Less trash means less...Yes, the garbage indicator. Less trash means less economic activity.<br /><br />That wasn't sleeping gas; the birds are DEAD.TJandTheBearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10735388072841457108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post-51764542461162227512013-04-05T17:40:01.043-07:002013-04-05T17:40:01.043-07:00http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/NREVNG...<a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/NREVNGOV" rel="nofollow">http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/NREVNGOV</a><br /><br />One more, that's federal student loans.<br /><br />In the Milton Bradley game of Life, to go to college requires taking out two promissory notes, and must pay $500 on each for every Pay Day square reached.<br /><br />On the Day of Reckoning, each Promissory Note costs $25,000 to liquidate.<br /><br />Muahahah<br /><br />I was able to get out of college with $0 debt, thanks to working on-campus 30-40 hrs a week at $15 an hour (2012 dollars).Troynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post-68943500835260793802013-04-05T16:39:00.372-07:002013-04-05T16:39:00.372-07:00yup, 2005-2011
crazy times with the core crazy ce...yup, 2005-2011<br /><br />crazy times with the core crazy centered in 2008, a year that certainly did not disappoint.<br /><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=heB" rel="nofollow">http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=heB</a><br /><br />blue is consumer debt per PAYEM<br /><br />red is gov't debt (ex-Fed) per PAYEM<br /><br />by way of comparison, here's Japan per-worker government debt:<br /><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=heC" rel="nofollow">http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=heC</a><br /><br />Wrong movie, but 'We're gonna need a bigger chart . . .'Troynoreply@blogger.com