The United States had zero inflation for 170 years before the Federal Reserve was created

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United States headline inflation reached 3.7% in September 2026, increasing from 3.4% in August 2026

Expanding the money supply by printing 190 new dollars alongside a tenfold increase in apple production reduces wage purchasing power by 50 percent

When goods fail to become more affordable despite production gains, the primary causes are surging demand, destroyed manufacturing capability, or monetary expansion

Increasing output per hour of labor makes manufactured goods progressively cheaper when the money supply remains constant

In a model economy with 100 apples and 200 dollars in circulation, the price per apple equals 2 dollars

In a model economy with 10 dollars in circulation, increasing annual production from 10 to 20 apples reduces the price to 50 cents per apple

In a model economy, an increase in production from 10 to 100 apples results in a price of 10 cents per apple if the 10-dollar money supply remains fixed

Introducing 190 newly created dollars into circulation extracts the economic gains generated by a tenfold increase in apple production

Unbacked monetary expansion alters the accounting system that records who produced goods and who is owed goods in an economy

In a model economy with 10 dollars in circulation and 10 apples produced annually, the price per apple is 1 dollar

David Zervos of the US Treasury highlighted that key measures of core inflation have been trending lower since Donald Trump took office

David Zervos of the US Treasury stated that long-term inflation expectations have been "remarkably stable."

In the United States, privacy is considered a foundational principle and a prerequisite for the Bill of Rights

Members of the Trump administration are openly reviving the economic principles of Alexander Hamilton

President William McKinley, assassinated in 1901, is described as the last "American system" president

Sun Yat-sen's "Three Principles of the People" were based on Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

The conflict with Iran has created economic headwinds affecting US gasoline and diesel prices

British institutions like Chatham House were established to make the United States an enforcer of British imperial policies

Following World War I, the United States increasingly came under the influence of British imperial policy

Hunter Biden believes inflation is a built-in tax on the American people