inflation
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On inflation, inequality, and hungry ghosts.
Inflation might gobble fortunes, all because power people don’t think that workers should be paid more.
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On pandemic-era incarceration.
During the pandemic, a crummy situation has become even worse.
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On currency, again
If you’re willing to extend credit — whether in dollars or Honey Buns — you control the money supply.
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On currency
Money is an illusion, but the consequences of not having it are very real.
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On meditation and the birth of the universe.
How we compose ourselves is everything.
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