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Sep 2024
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Is everyone pretending to understand inf...

PJ Vogt
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The single issue that might decide the upcoming presidential election also happens to be: very confusing. Political economist Mark Blythe helps us understand: how inflation starts, how inflation is stopped, and shares his theory about why the powers-that-be may be just as confused about inflation as we are.

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