Quote from empee:
For example, the article justifies the trade deficit because we are "financing future growth", isn't that the same as leverage?
No, it's not the same as leverage.
One thing you may be overlooking is that we cannot stop China from growing and exporting or we will have a war.
Also, another thing that Sen. Paul and you seem not to understand is that the imported products you think are more expensive now because of the dollar decline would cost MORE if made in America.
That is one reason inflation has remained low.
Models of global economics are multivariate with singularities and non-linearities. Common sense, although useful and you seem to be good at it, almost never works. Like it never works in the markets and whoever relies on it goes broke.
Ron
