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|content=So to sum it up: he is not wrong. | |content=So to sum it up: he is not wrong. | ||
I think what I said to him is that after the 1950s, inflation became a modern tool/weapon rather than a measurement starting with the [[Price Statistics Review Committee (Stigler Commission)|Stigler Commisson]]. I explained my view that the @BLS_gov is a quiet version of the @federalreserve. An insanely powerful “Statistics” organization where economists actually implement policy by simply chosing how to compute economic numbers. | I think what I said to him is that after the 1950s, [[Inflation|inflation]] became a modern tool/weapon rather than a measurement starting with the [[Price Statistics Review Committee (Stigler Commission)|Stigler Commisson]]. I explained my view that the @BLS_gov is a quiet version of the @federalreserve. An insanely powerful “Statistics” organization where economists actually implement policy by simply chosing how to compute economic numbers. | ||
Numbers that just so happen to automatically transfer trillions and touch every aspect of our lives. | Numbers that just so happen to automatically transfer trillions and touch every aspect of our lives. | ||
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|content=I believe Epstein is referring implicitly to the “[[Price Statistics Review Committee (Stigler Commission)|Stigler Commission]]” of 1959-1961. | |content=I believe [[Jeffrey Epstein|Epstein]] is referring implicitly to the “[[Price Statistics Review Committee (Stigler Commission)|Stigler Commission]]” of 1959-1961. | ||
This comes from a phone conversation around 2004. | This comes from a phone conversation around 2004. | ||
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