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The Mystery of Inflation

Gas. Meat. Flights. Houses. The price of things have gone up by as much as nine percent since last year. The same amount of money gets you less stuff. It's inflation: a concept that's easy to feel but hard to understand. Its causes are complex, but it isn't some kind of naturally-occurring phenomenon — and neither are the ways in which governments try to fight it.

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The Mystery of Inflation

August 4, 202212:10 AM ET

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Rund Abdelfatah

[Ramtin Arablouei, co-host and co-producer of Throughline.]

Ramtin Arablouei

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Victor Yvellez

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Yolanda Sangweni

Casey Miner

Devin Katayama

Amiri Tulloch

Jennifer Etienne

The Mystery of Inflation

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