Why Are Prices Rising? “What we are seeing is the old ploy by the robber who starts shouting ‘Stop, thief!’ And runs down the street pointing ahead at others.” The late economist, Murray Rothbard “Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon.” The late economist, Milton Friedman M1 Money supply for the past 20 years. The Federal Reserve often openly frets about inflation, and threatens to take any inflation that exceeds the 2% target very … read more The Fox and The Henhouse