Our Semiquincentennial Gilded Age

It will be a heck of a challenge to explain this period to future generations. Decades of inflation culminated in unmatched monetary disorder. There is literally “money” sloshing everywhere (for the taking) – at home and abroad. Credit is readily available to even the lowest quality borrowers. Unprecedented speculative leverage fuels myriad Bubbles. Easy money and asset inflation breed corruption.

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