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- From: wbdst+@pitt.edu (William B Dwinnell)
- Newsgroups: sci.econ
- Subject: Re: Inflation
- Message-ID: <2306@blue.cis.pitt.edu>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 00:58:34 GMT
- References: <1993Jan21.041545.286@athena.mit.edu> <2259@blue.cis.pitt.edu> <1993Jan21.211300.8065@athena.mit.edu>
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- Okay, Charles, the point I am trying to make is that inflation would
- occur even in a free market without government intervention (the perpetual
- bad guy), and even without money. Yes, inflation of prices means "prices
- go up", but that doesn;t tell us much. Why do they go up? It seems
- to be the contention of some here that inflation occurs because 1.
- the government does things to cause it, 2. because we use money, or 3.
- both. I am claiming that inflation would occur without either the government
- or money, as "natural" inflation will raise prices, due to the fact that
- if you sit on something, you waste its useful value. If you still do
- not understand, let me know, and I'll run through it again.
-