Thus if deleveraging is going clear the system of debt it needs a more severe contraction than the Depression provided. – Note Total Debt has continued to expand not contract. There is an ocean of Debt out there that will never be repaid. It will at some point become impossible to service that Debt, at that point it will be renounced devaluation appears the only road to deal with it. The question is will it be gradual or take place at once. – Chart A represents the U.S. But this is going on a world wide basis. – It Cannot continue indefinitely.
Also worth noting. That 'debt' as money had to be created. Only a few are privileged to create it from thin air and charge the many for its use. Those privileged even get to call it legal tender.
ReplyDeleteBest, Dan.
Dan,
ReplyDeleteYou are absolutely correct. The privileged few you talk about are the primary dealers, hedge fund operators, banks and other speculators. You see them currently operating on a grand scale in Japan!!