satt comments on Rationality Quotes December 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: satt 22 December 2013 02:16:56PM 3 points [-]

After years of reading econblogs, I now understand that the Federal Reserve is not creating enough money.

I can see why inflation can be good for a smallish economy, but [...] (I hardly know anything about macroeconomics, so I'm very likely missing something.)

I think the missing bits here are that (1) creating money needn't necessarily raise inflation, and (2) modest increases in US inflation are unlikely to trigger a mass flight from the US dollar.