Language and the Inflation Debates

Tags: Austrian Economics Overview, Inflation, Media and Culture

03/02/2020 Ludwig von Mises

Ludwig von Mises discusses inflation, labor unions, and issues of the adoption of improper terminology and widespread public misinformation. Delivered at the ninth meeting of the Mont Pèlerin Society; Princeton, New Jersey; September 11, 1958.

A transcript of this lecture is available here: Mises.org/wire/mises-adopt-keynesian-terminology-legitimize-it

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