The last time that US inflation hit 7.5 per cent, Ronald Reagan was a recently-elected president. And he, older readers might recall, partly owed his election to inflation. He memorably said during his campaign: ‘inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hitman.’
Ross Clark
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