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Mark Neumann: Us country folks from East Troy, WI, call that inflation. That is really what we are measuring. In very simple English…

On the recordApril 16, 1997
Us country folks from East Troy, WI, call that inflation. That is really what we are measuring. In very simple English, we are measuring inflation. Would the gentleman like me to walk through how they determine inflation in this country today?
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Mark Neumann
Wisconsin

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Discussing the concept of inflation during a debate.

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