Considerations in Economics.

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So, I figured, what the heck…  I’ll start a blog.

The attempt, here, is to present empirical evidence or deductive reasoning in economic topics.  For the most part, I look towards articles and comments for idea and opinions in economics.

For instance, in an article “What Is Money and How Do You Destroy It?“, it is reported that “Mitt Romney says Mr. Bernanke’s policies have “over-inflated” the currency.”

I ask, can it be shown to be true?

My response is; “Mitt Romney is clearly wrong. Bernanke took office in Feb 2006. From 2000 thru 2005 the average monthly percent change in the CPI was 0.22%. From Feb 2006 thru Nov 2011, the average monthly rate of change for the CPI has been 0.21%. While the average monthly rate of change (linear regression giving the rate of the rate of inflation) remained flat over the period of 2000 through the end of 2005, since Bernanke took office, the monthly rate of change has trended downward. Perhaps Romney’s error is that he starts from an oversimplified hypothesis and comes to a conclusion without actually checking the facts. But, as I look at the CPI data now, it is clear that the Fed policy has been anything but inflationary.”

But, Mitt isn’t really talking about price inflation. He is speaking of monetary inflation. So I haven’t really proven him wrong. Still, without price inflation, we really don’t care about monetary inflation. So, when Mitt says, “Mr. Bernanke’s policies have “over-inflated” the currency.” He isn’t, in fact, right. He isn’t right because there is no basis for concluding that the currency is “over-inflated”. And, without proof that it is, then it isn’t. There is the rub, Mitt makes a statement that is not true but cannot be proven false. It will be true if and only if, at some later date, we get price inflation. Then we can say that Bernanke had over-inflated the currency. But, at least for now, we cannot say that he has.

The space available in commenting is limited.  And, it lacks the ability to present the graphs which help demonstrate the facts.

So, this blog is a place where I can expand on these considerations in economics.  It contains articles on what I can show, either empirically or with some deductive reason.