I break down the biggest lie we’ve all deeply internalized about the economy: that prices are just supposed to go up. In a productive and advancing society, almost everything should actually be getting more affordable over time.

Using a very simple analogy, I show exactly how the creation of new money quietly robs us of the prosperity our hard work should be delivering.

Chapters

(00:00:00) – Everything should get cheaper

(00:01:06) – The apple economy

(00:01:58) – Counterfeit money

(00:02:20) – Lost productivity gains

(00:02:43) – Printing as silent theft

(00:03:31) – Who is to blame?

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