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...prices have been dropping for more than 10 years. "Seoul may be grasping at the age-old rule, which is buy gold in times of crisis because it's a hedge against inflation," Kadlec says. "But the world has changed. Prices everywhere are dropping; the concern is for de-flation." In a year, the government may open its reserves and find a vault filled with lead...
...Council also recommended that the Faculty be allowed to take the students GPA levels without grandparenting, in case grade in flation a large increase in the number of students receiving honors grade or the Faculty decides to notify the number of students graduating with honors, Marquand said. He added that the new legislation is not expected to decrease the current 70 percent of students graduating with honors...
...their voting records that we have these deficits." Too many lawmakers denounce the bloated budget but are unwilling to choose a specific course of action. Their rhetoric is reminiscent of the legendary Congressman who declared a half-century ago, "I oppose inflation. I oppose deflation. I'm for flation...
...undermining confidence in money itself and making it seem smarter to spend the currency on almost anything rather than save it. Metals mania also vindicates such economic Cassandras as James Dines and Franz Pick, who for years have urged investment in gold as a safe hedge in an in flation-weary world economy. As gold soared, the dollar continued its plunge against foreign currencies, hitting an all-time low of 1.70 deutsche marks, and sinking against the Swiss franc, Japanese yen and British pound, though it recovered somewhat at week...
Thus the working-class or lower-middle-class American hangs in anxious suspension above poverty and well below af fluence. Meantime, his wage gains are being eroded by in flation, rising taxes and the lure of easy credit for new cars and other luxuries. "This man feels himself more alone than any other member of society," says Saul Alinsky, a life long organizer of working-class movements. "He is almost out of his mind with frustration - call it hate. He sees his Government, with programs for blacks and for the indigent and programs for everyone except him, and he figures...