Re: Inflation-Free Currency

2003-11-27 Thread Fred Foldvary
--- john hull [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some sources of info claim that currencies can be made to be resistant/immune to inflation. Yes, if the unit of account is an hour of unskilled labor or a commodity. If we use an Hours model, then the currency is worth 1 hour of (anybody's) labor

Inflation-Free Currency

2003-11-24 Thread john hull
You may recall my recent question regarding local currencies. Some sources of info claim that currencies can be made to be resistant/immune to inflation. I've been unable to locate any more-or-less rigorous arguments to this effect. Questions: Does this sound reasonable? Does it sound