
The Mystery of Inflation (Pocketbook Pain!)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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Is the Government Responsible for Inflation?
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Transcript

Listeners have noticed that when Jimmy Akin mentions how much something cost in the past, he says it's due to "inflation the government has caused." Now he and Dom Bettinelli are going to explain why he says that, what inflation is, why it happens, and why Jimmy says the government is responsible.
