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jscott2 on Jan 22, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why Falling Prices Are Actually a Really Bad Thing

I agree on this: debt in deflation is rough. Maybe the lesson is that people/governments should stay out of debt, not that deflation is the boogeyman. That'd certainly be more anti-fragile.

dragonwriter on Jan 22, 2015 [–]

Again, while debt is an issue, the bigger issue is the disincentive for investment.

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