An Inflation Outlook for the US Dollar in 2022
Central bankers are being disingenuous when they insist that rising prices are a temporary phenomenon.
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The Terrible Economic Ignorance behind Covid Tradeoffs: My Speech to the Ron Paul Institute
Millions of Americans have no conception of economics, and simply don’t believe tradeoffs exist.
War and the Money Machine: Concealing the Costs of War beneath the Veil of Inflation
In every great war monetary calculation was disrupted by inflation. … The economic behavior of the belligerents was thereby led astray; the true consequences of the war were removed from their view. One can say without exaggeration that...
Bob Murphy Critiques Curtis Yarvin’s Explanation of Inflation
In a May 2021 essay, Curtis Yarvin (a.k.a. Mencius Moldbug) argues that the American economy runs on an inflation machine.
Shrinkflation, Inflation’s Sneaky Cousin, Is on the Rise
We've all hear the reports of inflation by now, but what about the shrinkflation going on?
The Fed’s Policies since the 2020 Coronavirus Panic
Since the corona panic, the Fed has bought a ton of government bonds, but it's also started buying corporate bonds, has abolished reserve requirements, redefined their M1 measure, and switched to average inflation targeting.
Vijay Boyapati Explains Why He Was Right About Inflation in 2010 and Bitcoin in 2018
Vijay Boyapati explains why other Austrians should have listened to him in 2010 when he warned that their inflation predictions were wrong.
Crying Wolf on (Hyper)Inflation?
In this chapter, we’ll assess several popular explanations for why the Fed’s monetary inflation since 2008 hasn’t generated a comparable increase in price inflation.
No, Drops in Money Velocity Don’t Offset Money Printing
According to popular thinking, the sharp decline in money velocity since June 2008 is likely to neutralize recent strong money supply increases’ effect on price inflation ahead. This is a fallacy.
Germany’s Inflation Tax and the Rising Cost of Living
If we take the tax burden and asset price inflation into account, real incomes in Germany aren't doing nearly as well as the official data suggests.
