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Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject The great mistake of recentdecades was forgetting thatinflation built the last… JB Jennifer Burns — holds since 2025-01-19 A company's staff-engineer bar should be set against the best companies in the industry rather than against its own history, which is what makes title inflation a real cost. A company'sstaff-engineer bar… TP Thuan Pham — holds since 2026-04-01 Cash welfare benefits contributed at least somewhat to the inflation of 2021-2022. Cash welfare benefitscontributed at least… NS Noah Smith — holds since 2022-07-25 Central bank purchases of government bonds are not bailouts and do not automatically cause inflation, since they only change the composition of the consolidated government's liabilities, not their total. Central bank purchasesof government bonds are… OB Olivier Blanchard — holds since 2022-06-01 Data centres had not raised the average American household's electricity bill as of 2025; inflation and the gas-price shock did. Data centres had notraised the average… AM Andy Masley — holds since 2025-10-10 Handing out cheques during Covid and accepting the inflation was less damaging than price controls and rationing would have been. Handing out chequesduring Covid and… JC John H. Cochrane — holds since 2024-08-20 It has virtually never got cheaper to build a house or an office: construction costs rise at or above general inflation, in every rich country and over a century of data. It has virtually nevergot cheaper to build a… BP Brian Potter — holds since 2026-04-23 Judging by output kept near potential despite weak private demand, Japan's decades of high debt and low inflation reflect a qualified policy success, not failure. Judging by output keptnear potential despite… OB Olivier Blanchard — holds since 2022-06-01 The Federal Reserve's average inflation targeting framework is a real commitment to hold inflation near a 2% average across the 2020s, so an overshoot now has to be offset by undershoots later. The Federal Reserve'saverage inflation… SS Scott Sumner — holds since 2021-06-19 SS Scott Sumner — turned since 2023-01-14
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