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Ep. 232 - Intro to Inflation

The Local Maximum with Max Sklar

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Is Inflation a Tax on the Middle Class?

Inflation is a tax on the middle class. It encourages short-term thinking among politicians because they can get as much money now to get lots of votes and don't have to think long-term. People here, M1, M2 and they could also be credit expansions without printing money like fractional reserve - that's kind of the gist of what I've been saying.

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