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So, since 1933, the Fed has been managing inflation.
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It used to be that there was zero inflation,
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if you define it with respect to gold,
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and they were really true to that
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--zero inflation in terms of gold.
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Now, there was inflation with regard to a basket of
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--the Consumer Price Index is not just the price of gold;
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it's the price of many things,
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but the--there would be inflation or deflation
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as the relative price of gold changed.
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After 1933, we had lost our moorings;
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there was no longer any idea