Inflation is Now the Lesser Evil

Inflation Is Still the Lesser Evil

Death is not worse pain than empty life.

Death is better than seeing this.

I'd have to force myself. I haven't offended you?

I was hoping you would. Make things easier somehow.

And in any case they couldn't possibly pass up even the slightest chance of getting their hands on the Lektor decoder.

Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer nothing more difficult than understanding him, Dostoyevksy tells us.

Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer nothing more difficult than understanding him, Dostoyevsky.

For many in Europe, it was easier to live against Bush than to make sacrifices with Obama.

This would be a painful recession, but far short of the 10 15 output drop normally associated with a full blown depression.

It was far easier for him to criticize Zimbabwe, Cuba, and Burma than Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, and his initial criticism of Egypt was soon toned down.

She gave up the dream of Greater Israel in favor of a two state solution. If she becomes prime minister, her term may prove to be a window of opportunity, perhaps a last chance, to enact this least of evils settlement for the region s future.

Some forms of authoritarian government can leave a certain amount of room for economic and other freedoms, and thus might be easier to live with than illiberal democratic populism.

Without minimizing the enormity of the problems the United Nations has to take into account in Somalia, I feel that the emphasis on military action will overshadow the larger goal of the mission in that country.

A gentler way to achieve some modest reduction in public and private debt burdens would be to commit to a period of sustained but moderate inflation, as I recommended in December 2008 in a commentary entitled Inflation is Now the Lesser Evil.

Its adherents, preoccupied with the prospect of a jihadi takeover in Syria, argue (sometimes implicitly and sometimes explicitly) that the US and its allies must not support or intervene on the side of the rebels and, in fact, should view Bashar al Assad s regime as the lesser evil.

But why should they make you a judge when the Torah is with them which contains the Law of God ? Even then they turn away .

And why should they wish to be judged by you , when they have the Taurat with them , in which exist the commands of Allah and yet they turn away from it ? And they will not accept faith .

Yet how will they make thee their judge seeing they have the Torah , wherein is God 's judgment , then thereafter turn their backs ? They are not believers .

And how shall they ask thee for judgement , whereas with them is the Taurat wherein is Allah 's judgement ? And they turn away thereafter ?

But how do they come to you for decision while they have the Taurat ( Torah ) , in which is the ( plain ) Decision of Allah yet even after that , they turn away . For they are not ( really ) believers .

But why do they come to you for judgment , when they have the Torah , in which is God s Law ? Yet they turn away after that .

Yet how will they appoint you a judge when they have the Torah with them , wherein there is Allah 's judgement and still they turn away from it ? The fact is , they are not believers .

How come they unto thee for judgment when they have the Torah , wherein Allah hath delivered judgment ( for them ) ? Yet even after that they turn away .

And how should they make you a judge , while with them is the Torah , in which is Allah s judgement ? Yet in spite of that , they turn their backs on Him and they are not believers .

But how will they come to you for judgment when they already have the Torah in which is the judgement of Allah ? Then they turn away after that those are not believers .

But how is it that they come to you for judgement while they have the Torah , in which is the judgement of Allah ? Then they turn away , even after that but those are not in fact believers .

How can they come to you for judgment when they already have the Torah which contains the decree of God ! It does not take them long to disregard your judgment they are not true believers .

And how do they make you a judge and they have the Taurat wherein is Allah 's judgment ? Yet they turn back after that , and these are not the believers .

But why do they come to you for judgement when they have the Torah , which enshrines God 's own judgement ? Yet , in spite of that , they turn their backs and certainly they will not believe .

But why do they come to thee for decision , when they have ( their own ) law before them ? therein is the ( plain ) command of Allah yet even after that , they would turn away . For they are not ( really ) People of Faith .

Perhaps the dollar will collapse and there will be a burst of inflation in the US as the Federal Reserve Board decides that temporarily abandoning its price level peg is a lesser evil than the unemployment fallout that will result from a dollar collapse and interest rate spike.