The world is out of balance. The disruptive changes that were already rewiring the economy, geopolitics and U.S. culture accelerated over the past 3 years, and a predictable backlash began. But we are nowhere close to a “new normal”. —Bruce Mehlman, Mehlman Consulting,
"We in our sluggishness do not realize that the dearness of everything is the result of the cheapness of money. For prices increase and decrease according to the condition of the money. An excessive quantity of money should be avoided." — Copernicus, Monetae cudendae ratio (1526)