Price Deflation and the Horrors of Falling TV Prices

Tags: Money and Banks

12/27/2021 Kyle Ward

Deflation empowers the citizen by allowing her modest savings to purchase more goods over time. Inflation empowers the state by reducing the size of its enormous debts in real terms—and through the inflation tax.

Original Article: “Price Deflation and the Horrors of Falling TV Prices“

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