Copyrighted Image? DMCA | One question you might ask is why the market's pro-spending, print-more-money message has suddenly gotten louder. My guess is that it's mainly driven by events in Europe, where the slide into deflation and the growing public backlash against austerity have reached a tipping point. And it's very reasonable to worry that Europe's problems may spill over to the rest of us. In any case, the next time you hear some talking head opining on what we must do to satisfy the markets, ask yourself, "How does he know?" For the truth is that when people talk about what markets demand, what they're really doing is trying to bully us into doing what they themselves want. |



