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Inflation

27m · Post Crisis Economics · 08 Jun 06:00

Inflation in the west has seldom been so stable for so long, so is it a problem of the past? This week we try and understand how inflation happens, what happens when it does, and why economists are debating if we're likely to see it again sooner than later.

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