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What Does It Mean to Have a Soft Landing?

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What Does It Mean to Have a Soft Landing?
A plane lands at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas on Oct. 14, 2022. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Economic language is packed with metaphors. It would be sunk without them. The economy is overheating. It’s depressed. It’s recessed. It’s hot. It’s cooling. It hit the skids. It’s in free fall. We had better put on the brakes! Housing is underwater. This stock is headed to the moon. Inflation is easing. The Fed is pulling back.

Jeffrey A. Tucker
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]
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