Mark Blyth
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I'm just playing a guitar.
I'm just playing a guitar.
I'm just playing a guitar.
Oh, God, no. I fucking hate Oasis. Basically, it's a Beatles tribute band through two monkeys.
Oh, God, no. I fucking hate Oasis. Basically, it's a Beatles tribute band through two monkeys.
Oh, God, no. I fucking hate Oasis. Basically, it's a Beatles tribute band through two monkeys.
Right.
Right.
Right.
First of all, I just want to say that really makes me trust you. And to think, I just wrote a book about the damn thing. So, you know, I must be into boring myself.
First of all, I just want to say that really makes me trust you. And to think, I just wrote a book about the damn thing. So, you know, I must be into boring myself.
First of all, I just want to say that really makes me trust you. And to think, I just wrote a book about the damn thing. So, you know, I must be into boring myself.
This is a really good question. Some of it was pretty boring to write, I have to be honest. Why write a book about something you think you understand, right? Now, why do we, as in sort of people in my job, I'm a political economist, we talk about this sort of stuff all day. Why do we think we understood inflation? Because we were all raised on a story about the 70s.
This is a really good question. Some of it was pretty boring to write, I have to be honest. Why write a book about something you think you understand, right? Now, why do we, as in sort of people in my job, I'm a political economist, we talk about this sort of stuff all day. Why do we think we understood inflation? Because we were all raised on a story about the 70s.
This is a really good question. Some of it was pretty boring to write, I have to be honest. Why write a book about something you think you understand, right? Now, why do we, as in sort of people in my job, I'm a political economist, we talk about this sort of stuff all day. Why do we think we understood inflation? Because we were all raised on a story about the 70s.
We'll talk about that story in the 1970s. I began to doubt the story of the 1970s. And once you begin to doubt the story of the 1970s, a lot of the stuff that we do when we talk about inflation and the stuff that we do doesn't make much sense. That's why the book became more interesting.
We'll talk about that story in the 1970s. I began to doubt the story of the 1970s. And once you begin to doubt the story of the 1970s, a lot of the stuff that we do when we talk about inflation and the stuff that we do doesn't make much sense. That's why the book became more interesting.
We'll talk about that story in the 1970s. I began to doubt the story of the 1970s. And once you begin to doubt the story of the 1970s, a lot of the stuff that we do when we talk about inflation and the stuff that we do doesn't make much sense. That's why the book became more interesting.
What is inflation? Inflation is a rise in the general level of all prices. It's everything going up. When people talk about house inflation, there's no such thing. That's just houses going up because we didn't build enough of them, right? And inflation is all prices in the economy going up at once. Now, wait. Hold on. It gets better. Hold on.
What is inflation? Inflation is a rise in the general level of all prices. It's everything going up. When people talk about house inflation, there's no such thing. That's just houses going up because we didn't build enough of them, right? And inflation is all prices in the economy going up at once. Now, wait. Hold on. It gets better. Hold on.