Video: How Monetary Inflation Destroys The Middle Class

12/09/2025 Power & Market Ryan McMaken

Economist Daniel Lacalle hosted me on his YouTube channel this morning to talk about monetary inflation, government spending, and their effects on the middles classes in Europe and the United States:

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