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Deflation

ז' באדר ה'תש"ע (21 February 2010)

Recently one of my favorite bloggers, Israeli Water Engineer, wrote about fears of deflation in the United States: “This is bad. The only solution to world indebtness is controlled inflation….” I commented that deflation is a pretty good thing; he replied and I replied back (go read it). Though this discussion is about deflation, I [...]

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Jews & the US Army

ז' בכסלו ה'תש"ע (24 November 2009)

My grandfather served in the US army’s occupation of Japan after the Second World War – I was led to believe that he was too young to have been in the army during the war – but he was born in 1926 and I’ve long wondered if he didn’t maneuver somehow to avoid having to [...]

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