Reasons why the recession will be short-lived (we hope!)

[TimberWolf]

Like it did for Zimbabwe?

Not as prolonged. We just need a short sharp dose of hyperinflation, just enough to wipe out savings and nullify borrowings, without it damaging the economy. A kind of wealth redistribution.

[BrilloPad]

Not as prolonged. We just need a short sharp dose of hyperinflation, just enough to wipe out savings and nullify borrowings, without it damaging the economy. A kind of wealth redistribution.

That will be good for the old people who can't get a job!

Of course then everyone would never save just in case it happened again! It would be Vivien Nicholson all over again.....

[TimberWolf]

That will be good for the old people who can't get a job!

Of course then everyone would never save just in case it happened again! It would be Vivien Nicholson all over again.....

Not if it is done sneakily. You tell people inflation is really low.

[BrilloPad]

Not if it is done sneakily. You tell people inflation is really low.

Which might actually work! Well I saw on the BBC recently that prices were coming down as inflation had dropped from 5.2% to 4.7%!!

[TimberWolf]

Which might actually work! Well I saw on the BBC recently that prices were coming down as inflation had dropped from 5.2% to 4.7%!!

Yep, a sure sign we need to get the printing presses out. I just hope we have enough paper.

[Purple Dalek]

Yep, a sure sign we need to get the printing presses out. I just hope we have enough paper.

I don't think the UK manufactures the correct type of paper any longer, so we'd need foreign exchange to buy the paper, but we'd need to print some off first to buy some in.

Alternastively, do you think they'd let Brown have it on easy credit terms?

[Platypus]

Has anyone seen the film 'children of men'? Our society will look and feel much like that in 10 years time. On a bad day it already does.

Indeed.

[Doggy Styles]

Has anyone seen the film 'children of men'? Our society will look and feel much like that in 10 years time. On a bad day it already does.

No I haven't. What is society like in it?

[Doggy Styles]

4) Gordo and Darling are pumping money into the economy.

I wonder what fertilizer they use on their money tree.

[Moscow Mule]

Has anyone seen the film 'children of men'? Our society will look and feel much like that in 10 years time. On a bad day it already does.

The only consolation being that mainland Europe will be even worse off

No I haven't. What is society like in it?

****ed.