| > don't eat as much meat and dairy > less energy consumption pretty much directly translates to less human flourishing You're like the man who floats on the sea on the raft made from coconuts. The more he eats, the more he thinks he flourishes. Sharks are meanwhile patiently circling around. > Zimbabwe tried, they did get more money, but did not get any wealth Not everybody has the guts and means to organize few coups & occupy some countries first, steal their oil and other natural resources, then build mega army and spread it around half a world. But if they did, then it would work. It's a recipe that works everytime. Inflation is irrelevant. I've studied economics ... it's hogwash. |
I call the above statement hogwash. Let’s take your proposal to the logical extreme. If inflation is hogwash, then why do we have to tax the citizens? Why not just print the money we need to run the government? Why do we have a national debt if we could just print the money we need to pay it off? We could try your proposal by I don’t think it would end well.