Entitlements seem to grow with prosperity; not only because they are indexed to inflation or GDP, but also because a prosperous country… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
Under Reagan's policies, inflation and nominal GNP growth shriveled much faster than predicted, throwing off government revenue estimates and resulting in budget… — Paul Craig Roberts Copy Share Image
A crucial responsibility of any central bank is to control inflation, the average rate of increase in the prices of a broad… — Janet Yellen Copy Share Image
If unemployment could be brought down to say 2 percent at the cost of an assured steady rate of inflation of 10… — William Vickrey Copy Share Image
There is a big logical jump between acknowledging the destructive nature of hyperinflation and arguing that the lower the rate of inflation,… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
The usual objection to printing money to pay for government spending is that it will unleash inflation. That would be true if… — Nick Boles Copy Share Image
Ending inflation means freeing all Americans from the terror of runaway living costs. ... We have every right to dream heroic dreams.… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I think the inflation prospects for the U.S. over the next five or six, seven years, are quite serious. You cannot have… — Arthur Laffer Copy Share Image
Salaries haven't kept up with inflation, and there is such anger coming out of Washington about immigrants that I think it has… — Jose Serrano Copy Share Image
Capitalism is going to deal itself out of existence, but before it does that, you're gonna pay $50 for a latte, because… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
"Average" isn't so hot at the race track given those steep track takes. "Average" is pretty decent for stocks, something like 6… — William Poundstone Copy Share Image
Monetary reform, if it is to be genuine and successful, must sever money and banking from politics. That's why a modern gold… — Lawrence Reed Copy Share Image
Lenin is said to have declared that the best way to destroy the Capitalistic System was to debauch the currency. . .… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
Just imagine, more than half of the young people in the European Union do not have jobs. How can one explain that?… — Alejandro Castro Espin Copy Share Image
It is not wise for us to permit a few people on the Federal Reserve Board to have life and death power… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
The most obvious and yet the oldest and most stubborn error on which the appeal of inflation rests is that of confusing… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Much of American wealth is an illusion which is being secretly gnawed away and much of it will be completely wiped out… — Howard Ruff Copy Share Image
If inflation is the genie, then deflation is the ogre that must be fought decisively, — Christine Lagarde Copy Share Image
Republicans can't wring their hands about inflation while continuing to support anti-vaxxers. — Jake Auchincloss Copy Share Image
Rapid increases in the quantity of money produce inflation. Sharp decreases produce depression. — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
It's not hard to generate a paper fortune in a huge inflation. All you have to do is own the most important… — Porter Stansberry Copy Share Image
If grade inflation continues, a college bachelor's degree will have just as much credibility as a high school diploma. — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, inflation has been below 2% for quite a long time, and to me, symmetry means getting… — Charles L. Evans Copy Share Image
We know that inflation distorts economic behavior. In the 1970s, a combination of high tax rates and inflation prompted investors to flee… — Nina Easton Copy Share Image
Dollar depreciation leads to higher inflation and ultimately forces foreign creditors to question their rationale and indeed their sanity for continuing purchases… — Bill Gross Copy Share Image
If we all had all we wanted to eat, we'd crap too much. We'd have inflation in the toilet paper industry. — Jim Thompson Copy Share Image
The problem is that because the voucher wouldn't necessarily keep up with health care inflation, it was estimated that this would cost… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I regard the inflation acts as wrong in all ways. Personally I am one of the noble army of debtors, and can… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
If people expect high inflation and raise wages to reflect the high inflation, then it becomes self-fulfilling. — Gita Gopinath Copy Share Image
When the Fed decides that inflation is too high, they have the tools, and they've shown historically that they have the will,… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
Zimbabwe is a lost country. There is no money in Zimbabwe, everything stands still. The economy of the country is in shambles,… — Thomas Mapfumo Copy Share Image
Gold has no increasing value. And if you're really worried about, say, inflation rising, I would buy Spam. You know, you can… — Nouriel Roubini Copy Share Image
By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens. — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
Inflation is the true opium of the people and it is administered to them by anticapitalist governments and parties. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
When we say "people worry" about inflation, it's mainly bondholders that worry. The labor force benefitted from the inflation of the '50s,… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
Well, I think the global economy is in the position for continuing good growth with inflation well in check. — John W. Snow Copy Share Image
If one regards inflation as an evil, then one has to stop inflating. One has to balance the budget of the government. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
In the North, neither greenbacks, taxes, nor war bonds were enough to finance the war. So a national banking system was created… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
The reality is that business and investment spending are the true leading indicators of the economy and the stock market. If you… — Mark Skousen Copy Share Image
Mere inflation-that is, the mere issuance of more money, with the consequence of higher wages and prices-may look like the creation of… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
