That completely unsubtle point was missing from the NYT discussion of the risk of inflation. If there is 15 percent inflation over a five year period, then the real value of mortgages and other household debts fall by 15 percent. That is the most obvious and easiest way to relieve debt burdens.
--Dean Baker
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