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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This makes perfect sense in theory, but after multiple years of 8% to 10% inflation I'm not so keen on the "inflation always" line of thinking. Some kind of "generally stable" currency that alternates unpredictably would be best.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

I'll take 8% inflation for life versus 8% deflation for life.