There are growing concerns over CPI inflation after all the money printing associated with the pandemic response.
Episode 89 of Economics Explored features a conversation on just how worried we should be about future inflation in this time of MMT and QE between Economics Explored host Gene Tunny and returning guest Darren Brady Nelson, chief economist of the Australian libertarian think tank LibertyWorks and a policy adviser to the Heartland Institute.
Charts of data referred to in this episode:
Charts on CPI, money supply, US 10 year bond yield, and asset prices
This is the classic book by Milton Friedman and Anna J. Schwartz mentioned in this episode:
A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960
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