If there's no inflation, why do we fight it?
The Fed insists inflation isn't an issue, yet it juggles the numbers and laps up applause as a tough inflation-fighter. Ben Bernanke is no inflation fighter. That was the argument of last week's Contrarian Chronicles. I'll reiterate my view in ... [... more]
Money Central |
Is the Fed an Inflation Fighter or Creator?
Every few days, a senior Fed official expresses concern regarding the effect of high gasoline prices on inflation. These comments are always phrased in the way a meteorologist would report on the weather, as if the phenomenon in question is an ... [... more]
Ludwig von Mises Institute |
Inflation: Today's retirees are more vulnerable
Inflation isn't raging like it was 30 years ago, but people on fixed incomes today can find even mild inflation devastating. Here are some steps you can take to protect yourself. Anyone who remembers the soaring prices of the 1970s would have a ... [... more]
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Insure your portfolio against inflation
Inflation-protected bonds are a hedge against inflation and the safest way to diversify a portfolio. Buy them through a mutual fund. At least, thats what the market for Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, or TIPS, is saying. These unusual ... [... more]
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What Does Inflation Targeting Mean?
Although Ben Bernanke has pledged to ensure a continuity between the Greenspan policies and his own, he differs in several important respects, including his endorsement of "inflation targeting." Greenspan has always been against it. But ... [... more]
Ludwig von Mises Institute |
Inflation Due to Adventuring - Role Playing Games
Almost every player has seen it because most Game Masters are guilty of doing it. The problem I am addressing is level based inflation. Before I continue I will illustrate some of what I will be talking about using the SRD for Dungeons and ... [... more]
Bella Online |
How the Fed lost the inflation fight
Despite powerful tools, the Fed looks feeble against today's storm of inflationary pressures. Here's why inflation is winning out. Oh, sure the bank will keep raising interest rates -- as it did on Tuesday, when it increased the federal funds ... [... more]
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The Conquest of American Inflation.
 Inflation: The inflation situation is described and cured in this magnificent book. It shows mortals like myself, what causes inflation and how the whole economic society is linked together. Author: Thomas J. Sargent Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal [... more]
$80.00
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Inflation and Investment Controls in China: The ...
Book Description: The main purpose of this book is to analyze why local officials in China comply with investment-reduction and inflation-control policies of the central government against their own economic interests. The book shows the importance of [... more]
$31.99
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Theories of Inflation
A survey of the new theories of inflation that have developed over the past two decades in response to the inflationary pressures experienced by Western countries examines the shifting debate from explaining inflation as a causal process to explaining [... more]
$39.99
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Inflation: Roots of Evil
Inflation: Roots of Evil [... more]
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An Analysis and History of Inflation
Seeks a cause for inflation by examining and analyzing 15 great inflationary periods in history. [... more]
$115.50
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