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Inflation rate combined with food and energy: 18.7% since March 2009

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Andy Posted: Tue, May 4 2010 12:08 PM

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.f4ca4a183df2102e9ad9338f1c9b7c75.171&show_article=1

Feb 2010 - Mar 2010 - Increase of 4%

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chloe732 replied on Tue, May 4 2010 11:54 PM

Food and energy are over rated.  Who uses food and energy?  I say just exclude them from your purchases and you'll enjoy a 1.3% price increase as the article states. 

"The market is a process." - Ludwig von Mises, as related by Israel Kirzner.   "Capital formation is a beautiful thing" - Chloe732.

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Esuric replied on Wed, May 5 2010 12:05 AM

Get ready for round #2.

"If we wish to preserve a free society, it is essential that we recognize that the desirability of a particular object is not sufficient justification for the use of coercion."

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cret replied on Wed, May 5 2010 12:50 AM

what was the same measure at teh same time last year..and before that, and te year before that??

has this rate vastly outpaced wage inflation???

 

does anyone believe the figures???

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Well it looks like a good excuse for me to stock up on books from the Mises store before it's too late.

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You can download the free ebooks from the website.

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Does this mean that Bob Murphy won the bet with Brian Caplan?

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Andy replied on Sun, May 9 2010 1:33 AM

Looks like it!

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Somebody just lost 100 dollars.

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