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title: "5 Cause Inflation Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [Rising prices or wages do not cause inflation; they only report it. They represent an essential form of economic speech, sincemoney isjust…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-wriston/rising-prices-or-wages-do-not-cause-inflation-they-only-report-it/)

[Walter Wriston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-wriston/)

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> [Only government can cause inflation, preserve monopoly, and punish enterprise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-f-buckley-jr/only-government-can-cause-inflation-preserve-monopoly-and-punish/)

[William F. Buckley, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-f-buckley-jr/)

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> [Every economist knows that minimum wages either do nothing or cause inflation and unemployment. That's not a statement, it's a definition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milton-friedman/every-economist-knows-that-minimum-wages-either-do-nothing-or-cause/)

[Milton Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milton-friedman/)

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> [There is no such thing as agflation. Rising commodity prices, or increases in any prices, do not cause inflation. Inflation is what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-schiff/there-is-no-such-thing-as-agflation-rising-commodity-prices-or/)

[Peter Schiff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-schiff/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10d/peter-schiff-8095_customer_there-is-no-such-thing-as-agflation-risi_969195.png)

> [Starting in the wake of the 2008 GFC (Global Financial Crisis), market observers have warned of a crash in the bond market.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-keiser/starting-in-the-wake-of-the-2008-gfc-global-financial-crisis-market/)

[Max Keiser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-keiser/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f77/max-keiser-13075_bond_starting-in-the-wake-of-the-2008-gfc-glo_1647303.jpg)

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