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Inflation Is the Cruelest Tax
A reading of a new piece on inflation from the Wall Street Journal that NLW argues shows a shifting mainstream narrative.
Updated Sep 14, 2021, 10:04 a.m. Published Oct 4, 2020, 1:00 p.m.
A reading of a new piece from the Wall Street Journal that NLW argues shows a shifting mainstream narrative.
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Today’s Long Reads Sunday selection is “How To Avoid Paying the Cruelest Tax: Inflation” from the Wall Street Journal.
NLW argues the piece reflects a changing conversation in mainstream financial circles about the possibility of inflation on the other side of new Federal Reserve policy.
See also: How Much Should We Fear Post-Crisis Debt or Inflation? Feat. Adam Tooze
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