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    Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, from those who are cold and are not clothed. The world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.
    Dwight D. Eisenhower

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    defining your terms

    From our international banker this morning:

    The U.S. economy may yet slip into recession, but inflation is an even bigger risk given the “exceptionally” stimulative stance of monetary policy, Richmond Federal Reserve President Jeffrey Lacker said on Tuesday. Lacker pointed out that when adjusted for inflation, the federal funds rate for overnight lending, currently at 2%, is at its lowest level in post-war [...]