Definition of Inflation

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Inflation

The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement.

The state of being puffed up, as with pride; conceit; vanity.

Undue expansion or increase, from overissue; -- said of currency.

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Inflation Quotations

Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man.
Ronald Reagan

The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.
Ernest Hemingway

Inflation is taxation without legislation.
Milton Friedman

Inflation is the one form of taxation that can be imposed without legislation.
Milton Friedman

The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.
Vladimir Lenin

In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value.
Alan Greenspan

The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency. By a continuing process of inflation, governments can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.
John Maynard Keynes

By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.
John Maynard Keynes

Inflation is bringing us true democracy. For the first time in history, luxuries and necessities are selling at the same price.
Robert Orben

Inflation is the crabgrass in your savings.
Robert Orben

Inflation Translations

inflation in Dutch is inflatie
inflation in French is inflation, gonflage
inflation in German is Geldentwertung, Inflation
inflation in Italian is inflazione
inflation in Latin is inflatio
inflation in Spanish is inflacion

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