Thursday, April 29, 2010

Hyper Inflation Is Back

But it's a good thing because it applies to property, where the normal rules of inflation being harmful magically don't apply. The people who would normally object to a transfer of unearned wealth from the poor to the rich are also silent.

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6 comments:

Umbongo said...

Well, what a surprise. The government/Bank of England create a shitload of money and inflation results. But, as you imply, this is not "official" inflation, it's just a rise in . . er . . the price of property.

Matthew said...

But it's not normal inflation - a house is clearly an investment good as well as a consumption good.

"The people who would normally object"

I think this is a bit silly. Who do you mean exactly? If it's 'the left', then are they really the people who are wildly keen on house price inflation?

Ross said...

I wasn't just thinking of the left, the right comes up with various ideas about poverty whilst still encouraging house price inflation.

James Higham said...

So much bollocks talked today.

banned said...

Interstingly the BBC was referring to 'Property Inflation reaching 10%' but not parading this as somehow being good news as they used to.

Ross said...

That's good to see.