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The Psy-Ops of Inflation Reports

The Psy-Ops of Inflation Reports
One-hundred-dollar notes are printed at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington in this file photo. Mark Wilson/Getty Images
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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On Aug. 10, we were treated to the White House’s astonishing claim that inflation was zero. It was the broadcasting of a math error that would have been marked wrong on any test in a high school primer on economics. But if our times have taught us anything, it’s that politics cares nothing for accuracy or truth.
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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]
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