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We Need to Talk About Inflation

14 Urgent Lessons from the Last 2,000 Years

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A myth-busting explanation of inflation, the desperate gullibility of central bankers and finance ministers—and our abject failure to learn from history

From investors and monetary authorities to governments and policy makers, almost everyone had assumed inflation was dead and buried. But now people the world over are confronting a poisonous new economic reality and, with it, the prospect of vast and increasing wealth inequality.

How have we arrived in this situation? And what, if anything, can we do about it?

Celebrated economist Stephen D. King—one of the few to warn ahead of time about the latest inflationary upheaval—identifies key lessons from the history of inflation that policy makers chose not to heed. From ancient Rome through the American Civil War and up to the asset bubbles of today, inflation stems from policy error, sovereign greed, and a collective loss of faith in currencies.

We Need to Talk About Inflation cuts through centuries of bad judgment and misunderstanding, offering a means to intervene now—so we can begin to tackle the political and social upheaval unleashed by inflation.

©2023 Stephen D. King (P)2023 Ascent Audio Economic History Economics Government Capitalism Taxation Socialism War Economic disparity US Economy Deflation Banking Money Economic Inequality
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It's not a bad book, but I'm unsure what new it beings to the economic arena. The author lays down some extra considerations, and argues for more understanding of the role of heuristics, but otherwise the history of inflation and prescriptions are better done in The Price of Time.

The narration ruins attention spans though. They emphasise every other word, making it hard to concentrate on key parts, and the meter of their delivery doesn't help much. I don't know if this particularly acute to a British listener, but I strongly recommend against this book. I didn't heed the previous review warnings, don't make my mistake!

Narration ruins it

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The content is actually quite good, but the narration makes it so hard to listen to, I haven’t been able to finish it despite multiple attempts. Please record that book again and refund this one!

Such terrible narrating it spoils the whole book.

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The book is quite pedestrian in terms of prose and new ideas, but made painful by the narration.

Okay book but terrible narration

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The book is really interesting but really inaccessible due to the guy reading it. He talks too fast and never takes a breath. Appears to ignore any punctuation and just powers through a full stop likes it's a suggestion.

Sounds a lot like Nick Knowles doing Spongebob theories on YouTube.

Interacting but inaccessible.

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