All about the photos

[andrewducker]

Taking inflation into account:

and

Cheers to sarahs_muse for both.

Comments

[drplokta]

Well, not necessarily, as most of the money for the bailout is expected to be repaid with interest. The same applies to the Marshall Plan, but not to the other items of comparison.

[andrewducker]

True - but there's a big question over whether that's a reasonable expectation. At the very least it looks like quantitative easing is going to be necessary to print our way out of this one.

[drplokta]

Yes, but quantitative easing costs nothing, not even paper and printing costs since they won't literally be printing more bills.

[andrewducker]

Except that the money being repaid is worth less than the money that was paid in the first place.

And that you're discouraging savers.

I mean, _I'll_ be happy, as my mortgage will be costing me less, but my bank manager will be somewhat less so.