Jaguar Inflation

02/19/2009 Robert R. Prechter, Jr.

I am tired of hearing economists argue that government and the Fed should expand credit for the good of the economy. Sometimes an analogy clarifies a subject, so let’s try one. It may sound crazy, but suppose the government were to decide that the health of the nation depends upon producing Jaguar automobiles and providing them to as many people as possible, writes Robert R. Prechter, Jr.

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