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In the USA, inflation went down as inequity increased.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_Historical_Inflation.s...

I don't doubt that inflation is a factor. Duh. It's just a tax by another name.

But it takes extreme incredulity to ignore the biggest policy change (pink elephant): shifting the tax burden from capital (assets) to labor (income).

PS- Your cites note Bretton Woods. What's your position on the gold standard?



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