Commentary
It’s in all the economic headlines now: After years of academics worrying about falling prices, the inflation threat is back.
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Opinion
Inflation in the News, but What Is It Exactly?
There is a difference between a rise in prices and inflation
Gas prices at a gas station on June 22, 2018. Although mainstream economics includes energy prices in its inflation statistics, inflation is really a monetary phenomenon.Tim Boyle/Getty Images
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Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]
