John Robson: Inflation, High Gas Prices Should Have Been Predictable

John Robson: Inflation, High Gas Prices Should Have Been Predictable
The prices of regular gasoline and diesel fuel are displayed at a gas station in Montreal on May 11, 2022. The Canadian Press/Paul Chiasson
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British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan apparently once told a journalist the hardest thing about politics was “Events, my dear boy, events.” They have a way of happening, and surprising you. But sometimes, as my old music teacher used to say in his rare moments of lucidity, “It’s not the instrument, it’s you.” Sometimes the events are quite predictable and it’s the surprise, confusion, and inability to cope that are surprising.

John Robson
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John Robson is a documentary filmmaker, National Post columnist, senior fellow at the Aristotle Foundation, contributing editor to the Dorchester Review, and executive director of the Climate Discussion Nexus. His most recent documentary is “The Environment: A True Story.”
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