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- From: cmk@athena.mit.edu (Charles M Kozierok)
- Subject: Re: Inflation
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- References: <2306@blue.cis.pitt.edu> <93Jan22.120509edt.574@neuron.ai.toronto.edu> <2385@blue.cis.pitt.edu>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 19:36:37 GMT
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- In article <2385@blue.cis.pitt.edu> wbdst+@pitt.edu (William B Dwinnell) writes:
- >
- > But money does have value. It has as much value as anything it will buy,
- >no?
- > Also: you state that we cannot have inflation with no money. But, then, I ask,
- >why is it that you only measure prices (which are what inflate, in
- >inflation) in money? Why not in other goods? In fact, is that not how
- >we benchmark money itself, through things like the CPI, which is a
- >bacxxx basket of goods?
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- inflation is *defined* as an increase in prices or a decrease in purchasing
- power.
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- charles
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