Issues · 07
Inflation and prices
Inflation is a shrinkage of the dollar itself. Rising prices are at most an effect — and reversing that causation is how nearly every camp gets it wrong.
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Warsh Must Explain That The Fed Simply Can’t Fight Inflation
Fed As Inflation Fighter Is Rooted In Phillips Curve Mysticism
If a Weak, “Trump Dollar” Is Inflationary, Then Biden’s Was Not
Falling Prices Enable the Savings That Drive Progress
Economists Whiffed Tariffs Precisely Because They Whiffed Inflation
Apple’s iPhone Eviscerates Federal Reserve’s Phillips Curve
Falling Inflation Predicts Rising Government Spending and Debt
Federal Reserves ‘Interest On Reserves’ Doesn’t Limit Inflation
Ben Bernanke & Janet Yellen’s Inflation Mystification Ails Fed
If Fed Cuts Fuel Inflation, Then Powell Has Nothing To Fear
Opposite Peter Orszag and His Opposites, Government Spending Doesn’t Cause Inflation
Donald Trump Vs. Joe Biden: Who Was Better On Inflation?
There’s No Such Thing As ‘Adjusting’ Gold Price To ‘Inflation’
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