Tag Archives: inflation

“Not worth a dollar”

Posted on October 1, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

Supposedly, annual inflation, August 2021 to August 2022, was a “mere” 8.3% here in the States. Don’t believe it. Ignoring sales prices, food prices in most places have sometimes doubled in the last year: for example, at a Safeway in … Continue reading →

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Politics 2022 – Why governments want inflation

Posted on September 23, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

On Wednesday, as expected and as we were warned dozens if not hundreds of times, the Fed raised interest rates. While we here at TPOL don’t pretend to understand the reasoning – or even why the Fed should have any … Continue reading →

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Government evils: Inflation

Posted on August 4, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

What a couple of years! Ouch. Even though prices are (slowly) dropping. Even the Rally in the Black Hills is showing signs of a drop in attendance and not just because it isn’t a zero- or five-year. Five-dollar Diesel and … Continue reading →

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Crossroads or fork in the road – dead ends ahead?

Posted on June 23, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

The constant meme, mainstream or alternative media, seems to be that 2022 is all about major changes – both those which happened in the first half of the year (almost over) or will supposedly happen. Now, astute (and the few … Continue reading →

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Our booming economy – take our poll now!

Posted on April 20, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

(Warning – it is a fake poll, but tell us here at The Price of Liberty anyway!) (Shadow Statistics claim that the REAL rate (as once measured) is three times this amount right now.) Who is to blame for galloping … Continue reading →

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The blame game – Inflation edition

Posted on March 23, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

There is no doubt that inflation has gotten much worse here in the States in the last year and a half. And despite the impression of many people, we’ve been suffering inflation for several years – and I mean severe … Continue reading →

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The blame game – Uncle Joe holds the bag?

Posted on March 14, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

Readers of The Price of Liberty understand (or at least we HOPE you do) that our organization and publication are NOT fans of the honorable Uncle Joe – the “big guy” who gets his cut. But we often have to … Continue reading →

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Thank you, Uncle Joe!

Posted on January 24, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

Saw this on one of my professional literature websites the other day. Assuming that the BLS is not lying (and if they were, it would be almost certainly in the direction of showing LOWER inflation numbers, not higher), this shows … Continue reading →

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More on starvation and famine: facets of collapse

Posted on May 17, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

Readers may have noted a bit of discussion online recently on TPOL concerning food supplies and the tactics of fearmongering we see and hear today. There is obviously a lot more to the situation that we can discussed in a … Continue reading →

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Growing economy or rushing to disaster?

Posted on October 29, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton According to Investing.com, the Standard and Poors (S&P) 500 is at all-time highs, reaching over 3,000 in the last few days. The NASDAQ is over 8,000, the Dow Jones Industrial over 27,000. (This is in general over … Continue reading →

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