Moin Yahya - What Is Inflation Really?

About this episode

Alex speaks with Moin Yahya about the causes and history of inflation.

In this episode from 2022, Alex speaks with Moin Yahya about debates both new and old surrounding the causes and history of inflation. References: Inflation and Paper Money: An Historical Perspective: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4076420 In Defense of the Free-Banking Stablecoins: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4056359 George Selgin's page at the Cato Institute: https://www.cato.org/people/george-selgin Thanks to Our Patrons Thanks to our patrons, including Kris Rondolo, Amy Willis, and Christopher McDonald.To support The Curious Task, visit:https://patreon.com/curioustask

People in this episode

Host: Alex

Guest: Moin Yahya

Topics covered

• inflation
• economics
• history
• debate
• finance

Keywords

• inflation
• economics
• history
• Moin Yahya
• debate

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Institute for Liberal Studies, Cato Institute

Books & works: Inflation and Paper Money: An Historical Perspective, In Defense of the Free-Banking Stablecoins

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