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Lately, the 1970s have loomed large in economic commentary, thanks to a
recurrence of panic over inflation. History is often invoked in mainstream press
coverage about economic policy, which is understandable and can
Subscribe [https://www.crisesnotes.com/#/portal/signup]On this episode we have a
very special guest, economist Daniel Mitchell on his time as the chief economist
of Nixon’s pay board, the “wages” part of wage and price controls. He is also
coauthor, along with “public” member of the 15
Subscribe [https://www.crisesnotes.com/#/portal/signup]Last Wednesday the Biden
Administration announced a number of changes to how student debt would be
treated by the Federal Government. They all were important, but the change
attracting the most attention was canceling ten thousand dollars of student debt
of each borrower
Subscribe [https://www.crisesnotes.com/#/portal/signup]At the end of July, a few
hours after I wrote about Employ America’s Oil and Gas proposal
[https://www.crisesnotes.com/is-insuring-the-oil-and-gas-industry-the-right-response-to-the-fallout-from-ukraine/]
, the Biden administration implemented a modified form of their proposal. To
briefly summarize, the Biden administration committed to further
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Subscribe [https://www.crisesnotes.com/#/portal/signup]So far this month I have
been focusing on catching up to various different aspects of the “inflation”
conversation that