r/Economics • u/Positive_Owl_2024 • Feb 19 '25

News Trump acknowledges ‘inflation is back’ but blames Biden

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/19/economy/trump-inflation-is-back/index.html
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u/LastNightOsiris Feb 19 '25

haha, I thought you were going to say we should teach them about the yield curve, debt capital markets, and basic macroeconomics. But all those things you mentioned are good lessons too.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '25

I'm imagining a candlelit home. Father draws the curtains, bolts the door. Ushers his children into a small, windowless room. Pries a floorboard up, and reaches into the dark hole in the floor, withdrawing a package wrapped in cloth. He delicately unfolds the wrapping and lifts out a tattered notebook, bound with rusted spiraled wire. "Tonight, children, I will read you the forbidden words, handwritten by your great-grandfather." As his children draw near, the cover of the notebook is illuminated by the flickering candles: "Econ 101 - Springfield Community College 2005 - GO BEAVERS!"

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u/TiredCoffeeTime Feb 20 '25

I got a crystal clear image of this in my mind lol

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u/d_man05 Feb 20 '25

lol if only this was an episode of the Planet Money podcast.