Our Enemy, Inflation

How many times has Washington proclaimed that inflation has been conquered, only to have it return when and where we least expect it? Inflation remains today the great enemy of individual economic planning. 24 January 2009, Houston, TX.

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Robert Higgs
Robert Higgs, author of Depression, War, and Cold War, explains the economics of inflation in light of historical experience. In particular, he explains the relationship between inflation and war. Recorded at the Mises Circle in Houston, Sponsored by Jeremy S. Davis; Saturday, 24 January 2009.