What actually happens if the markets flop?

[AlfredJPruffock]

I always preferred "In the Bottle" but a quality reference none the less.

That was a good one - maybe "Winter in America" could be the next big thing.

[ace00]

They can't. the UK can't afford it - Gordo has poured all the money into crappy schools and the crappy NHS.

Yes they can.
As I have said before (not here) the G8 need to get together and agree to coordinate to print money as fast as is physically possible.

[DiscoStu]

Yes they can.
As I have said before (not here) the G8 need to get together and agree to coordinate to print money as fast as is physically possible.

So how did that work out in Zimbabwe?

[Peoplesoft bloke]

So how did that work out in Zimbabwe?

..and Germany.............

[Platypus]

print money as fast as is physically possible.

I thought this is what caused the hyper-inflation in pre-war Germany and more recently in Zimbabwe.... ?

[DiscoStu]

I thought this is what caused the hyper-inflation in pre-war Germany and more recently in Zimbabwe.... ?

It was...

[DS23]

all that sustained economic stability guff will be chucked out and replaced with the following mantra:

boom follows bust.

[sasguru]

It was...

Yes. ace has never been the sharpest tool in the box

[ace00]

So how did that work out in Zimbabwe?

That's why it needs to be coordinated.
It is in fact happening, just not explicitely coordinated.

[DiscoStu]

That's why it needs to be coordinated.
It is in fact happening, just not explicitely coordinated.

I fail to see how there would be much difference between massively increasing the money supply on a national or global level, inflation would surely follow.