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This Ain’t Your Daddy’s Inflation : Part 1

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This Ain’t Your Daddy’s Inflation : Part 1
A commuter pumps gas into their vehicle at a Esso gas station in Toronto on June 15, 2021. Tijana Martin/The Canadian Press
Steve Keen
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After a long period of being low and even negative, inflation is now higher than it has been in almost 40 years. Though still well short of the twin peaks of 1975 and 1980, it is the fifth-highest rate recorded since the end of WWII, and it is still rising.

Steve Keen
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Professor Keen is a distinguished research fellow at University College London, an author, and has received the Revere Award from the Real World Economics Review. His main research interests are developing the complex systems approach to macroeconomics and the economics of climate change. He has entered politics as the lead candidate in New South Wales for the new Australian political party The New Liberals. His main research interests are developing the complex systems approach to macroeconomics, and the economics of climate change. In an unusual step for a retired academic, he has entered politics as the lead candidate in New South Wales for the new Australian political party The New Liberals.
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