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Date:      Thu, 25 May 2000 10:18:16 -0700
From:      Arun Sharma <adsharma@sharmas.dhs.org>
To:        chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: The Ethics of Free Software
Message-ID:  <200005251718.KAA22278@sharmas.dhs.org>
In-Reply-To: <000001bfc5e7$6f024440$021d85d1@youwant.to>
References:  <000001bfc5e7$6f024440$021d85d1@youwant.to>

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In muc.lists.freebsd.chat, you wrote:
> 	The term "running to hot" means that money is changing hands very
>   rapidly.
> The risk is allegedly that this will result in inflation. Raising the
> interest rate slows this process.
> 
> 	At least, that's how it's been explained to me.

If the inflation is higher than expected, people who lend money for
30 years at low interest rates lose. And that does some pretty bad
things to the economy :)

	-Arun


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