• The Mystery of Inflation

  • Aug 4 2022
  • Length: 50 mins
  • Podcast
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The Mystery of Inflation

  • Summary

  • Gas. Meat. Flights. Houses. The price of things have gone up by as much as nine percent since last year. The same amount of money gets you less stuff. It's inflation: a concept that's easy to feel but hard to understand. Its causes are complex, but it isn't some kind of naturally-occurring phenomenon — and neither are the ways in which governments try to fight it.

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