Random thoughts:
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Inflation is close to 10% in the USA right now [source: Peter Schiff].
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The CPI lies about what actual inflation is, and was invented for that very purpose by Nixon.
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A bit about the flaws in CPI here: https://forum.freecapitalists.org/t/inflation-food-and-energy/13840/13
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I’ve seen Hazlitt write the same thing about the lag, with evidence. Hazlitt wrote two short, easy to read, free books on inflation. I reccomend both, the shorter one first, then the longer one.
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That Kel Kelly article is a masterpiece. The big eye opener for me was his insight and proof that GDP really measures only one thing, how much money was printed.