August 2, 2010

We Have Been Living Beyond Our Means

For years we have been living beyond our means, and we must summon the resolve to finally live within them. If we can do that, and allow free market forces to operate unhindered, we can rebalance our economy and set the stage for a real expansion.

However, if we choose to put our faith in debt, in the printing press and the promise of pain-free government solutions, we will all be fishing without a net.

in How An Economy Grows And Why It Crashes

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Peter Schiff`s comments on the economy, stock markets, politics and gold. Schiff is the renowned writer of the bestseller Crash Proof: How to Profit from the Coming Economic Collapse.
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