Secret letter discussing the deplorable financial condition of the United States

in deficite •  7 years ago 

This sounds familiar. Since the days of John Hancock this country has had deplorable finances. One would suspect it was baked into the cake from the beginning. Some call it a conspiracy.


[Hancock, John]. [Manuscript Copy of an Unsigned, Secret Letter Discussing the Deplorable Financial Condition of the United States]. 1780.
http://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Search/Results?lookfor=%22GEN+MSS+1081%22&type=CallNumber
Images courtesy of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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  ·  7 years ago (edited)

There is roughly $1.5 trillion in circulation but roughly $20 trillion owed excluding unfunded future liabilities, what can possibly go wrong. The labor force participation rate and money velocity cannot be hidden. It's a problem for the whole world when it wakes up to the reality.

No kidding. The world is screwed due to bad monetary theory. Thanks for your comment.