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Inflation has been around since forever and within the living memory of a lot of people, i don’t think any serious economist said that inflation is impossible a

• mgh2 5y ago
  Population Growth and Inflation https://www.economy.com/getlocal?q=a7c139c0-2b8c-4abf-9b65-bd8b11392939&app=eccafile#:~:text=There%20is%20suggestive%20evidence%20that,in%20response%20to%20declining%20population https://www.economy.com/getlocal?q=a7c139c0-2b8c-4abf-9b65-b....
• ren_engineer 5y ago
  Here's Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman saying back in June that the inflation "panic" was dead and that the Fed had everything under control. I can find 100 other articles from economists with similar credentials saying the same thing a few months back https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/21/opinion/inflation-economy-biden-fed.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/21/opinion/inflation-economy... These are the same people complaining that citizens don't trust the government and experts. Trust has to be earned
  • tw04 5y ago
    That's an opinion piece, not a news article. As indicated by the giant "Opinion" at the top of the article. Here's an opinion piece stating just the opposite on the same site. Odd they'd publish that if they're intent on "covering it up" as you imply. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/16/opinion/biden-inflation-spending-manchin.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/16/opinion/biden-inflation-s...
  • newaccount2021 5y ago
    Krugman is so wrong, so often, that it is now fair ball to call him an Actual Idiot, prizes or not