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Thread: The inflation thread
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11-19-2021, 09:35 AM #226
History rhymes.
https://thereformedbroker.com/2021/1...ded-last-time/
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11-19-2021, 11:41 AM #227
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11-19-2021, 12:37 PM #228
Post WWI/Pandemic inflation explained.
Wikipedia
"Severe hyperinflation in Europe took place over production in North America. This was a brief but very sharp recession and was caused by the end of wartime production, along with an influx of labor from returning troops. This, in turn, caused high unemployment."
Seems Apples to Oranges. Both are fruit.A few people feel the rain. Most people just get wet.
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11-19-2021, 01:16 PM #229Registered User
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11-19-2021, 01:58 PM #230
That action would reduce the supply (money). That would reduce consumer spending? Your guess is as good as mine.
Recession def. - Your neighbor loses job.
Depression def. - You lose your job.
When I was a rep in a highly elastic consumer product, woman's clothing, I saw smaller orders about 3-6 months before the word "Recession" got into morning newspaper.
After 9-11, in one of his first addresses to the public, the president told Americans that a patriotic action they could take for the country is the go the the mall and but stuff.A few people feel the rain. Most people just get wet.
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11-19-2021, 04:58 PM #231
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11-19-2021, 04:59 PM #232
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11-19-2021, 06:37 PM #233
That inflation started well before the flu pandemic. It is arguable how much the pandemic contributed. The govt had fewer means to understand and mitigate the business cycle. I could still happen. Or not. (There was a clever ad for some investment firm a few years ago. The interviewer asks some older, esteemed economist from someplace like Harvard--"Can you tell when the current bull market will end and when we should switch from stocks to bonds? " "No." end of ad.
Highly elastic consumer product--women's clothing. You sold pants to fat women?
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11-19-2021, 08:42 PM #234
The inflation where?
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11-19-2021, 08:52 PM #235
I had the stitched crease double knit pull on pant market cornered. All the way up to a 60" waist. Made in Medford MA and the perfect pant for church or the Grange meeting. They retailed for $15 then. That would be $50.35 today. Same pant today from Asia, $24.99.
A few people feel the rain. Most people just get wet.
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11-19-2021, 10:36 PM #236
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11-20-2021, 10:13 AM #237
Excellent piece about real inflation that has been devastating the middle and lower classes for decades.
https://www.profgalloway.com/inflated/
"The best things in my life — kids who made headslist this semester, a supportive mate, and financial security that (generally) enables me to do whatever I want, whenever I want — are a function of one thing: 74. Specifically, in the eighties, UCLA had an acceptance rate of 74%. I (no joke) had to apply twice. I was the first person on either side of my family to graduate from high school, much less get to attend amazing institutions for undergraduate and graduate degrees. The cost? $7,000 (total) in tuition for a BA and an MBA.
In addition, I was presented this opportunity as a function of being good, not great … much less remarkable. Higher ed catalyzed an upward spiral of prosperity for me and my family that’s been good for the commonwealth — we love America and are good citizens.
Today the acceptance rate at UCLA is 12%. Since I graduated, the number of graduating high school seniors in California has grown nearly twice as fast as the number of undergraduate seats at UCLA. To its credit, the UC system has announced plans to add 20,000 more seats to the system by 2030."
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11-20-2021, 11:23 AM #238
My first pair of skis, boots and poles cost about $36 in the 1955 Sears catalog. That would be $375 today with inflation. The premium tech of the day, "Laminated" skis, cost more.
A few people feel the rain. Most people just get wet.
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11-20-2021, 03:30 PM #239
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11-20-2021, 03:41 PM #240
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11-20-2021, 04:24 PM #241
Looking at the video, no ski sweater or neckerchief. Cotton Webelos sweatshirt and jeans.
A few people feel the rain. Most people just get wet.
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11-20-2021, 04:30 PM #242
That is some solid stoke right there. And shot in color too.
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02-23-2022, 07:01 AM #243
From those commies at the WSJ.
https://twitter.com/JesseLee46/statu...DdcKDN7-f4l8tQ
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02-25-2022, 07:25 AM #244
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02-25-2022, 07:33 AM #245
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02-25-2022, 10:05 AM #246
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02-25-2022, 10:11 AM #247
Those pants have camel toe written all over them.
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02-25-2022, 10:16 AM #248
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02-25-2022, 10:26 AM #249
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02-25-2022, 10:29 AM #250
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