Mr Ruijssenaars is working with large-scale 3D printing expert Enrico Dini on the project.

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However, costs tend to come down in 3D printing not due to scale, but by greater efficiencies being uncovered in production and distribution.

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If a spike in interest rates, a surge in commodity prices, or a currency crisis forces the Fed to scale back or stop its money printing, the party could grind to a halt, and the hangover could be nasty.

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Remarkably, QE3, which amounts to printing money on a massive scale, has even been a failure at promoting inflation.

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His margins are consistently high (14.7% OpInc in 3FQ11), since HP has few rivals in printing and none on its scale, but his growth rate is in the low single digits at best.

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From all that we can tell, the great correction has not been turned around it has merely been slowed down, delayed, and magnified by public sector borrowing, and money-printing, on a huge scale.

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Of course, if you stretch out the time scale enough, and are sufficiently casual about causes, you can give the printing press credit for anything you like.

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