@Lyn Alden
Reading this article. 
And just finishing reading your book. How does a shrinking M2 money supply on a deflationary world slow down the economy?
I don't think that makes any sense when your money is fungible. Is this old school scare tactics for the popular at large?
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U.S. Money Supply Is Making History for the First Time Since the Great Depression, and It Implies a Big Move in Stocks Is on the Way | The Motley Fool
M2 money supply is doing something no one has seen in more than 90 years.