We cover some of the basics inflation today. What it is? How it’s measured? Why it happens? Why it is preferable to deflation? And the political consequences of runaway inflation.

There is much more that can be said about inflation. Feel free to join the conversation.

Resources and Recommendations

* The Federal Reserve

* Monetary Policy Principles and Practice

* The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1919) by John Maynard Keynes

* A Monetary History of the United States by Anna Schwartz and Milton Friedman

* Zimbabwe's Seemingly Endless Currency Crisis

* Is cryptocurrency a hedging tool during economic policy uncertainty?

* Monetary policy and Bitcoin

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