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1. The only solution they have is to kick the can some more.

Thu Dec 15, 2011, 06:09 PM

Dec 2011

Until they figure out this is A) the post Growth world and B) somebody or several somebodies will have to Eat It --
There is no solution.

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IMF warns that world risks sliding into a 1930s-style slump [View all] Newsjock Dec 2011 OP

The only solution they have is to kick the can some more. xchrom Dec 2011 #1

No, no. Ghost Dog Dec 2011 #6

Lol. Kaleko Dec 2011 #11

^ Wish I could rec your post, Vincardog ^ Mimosa Dec 2011 #14

did you mean Satan's? magical thyme Dec 2011 #16

Mah accent is showing Vincardog Dec 2011 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author closeupready Dec 2011 #22

No kidding. DCKit Dec 2011 #23

High labor cost countries are now "service economies" now_zad Dec 2011 #3

Simply bringing back tariffs would do a lot to remedy this. PSPS Dec 2011 #10

You said it Charlemagne Dec 2011 #18

Slump? Newest Reality Dec 2011 #4

The Economist's D-word index: Ghost Dog Dec 2011 #7

My thought too. Slump? tawadi Dec 2011 #8

"Slump" was commonly used in England and Europe Yo_Mama Dec 2011 #9

Did not know this. thanks. eom tawadi Dec 2011 #12

I don't think the IMF should be warning us of something they helped create. bloomington-lib Dec 2011 #5

Always interesting to see the reaction of we humans to limits The2ndWheel Dec 2011 #19

And remember what pulled us out of the "1930s-style slump" KamaAina Dec 2011 #20