Since World War II, there have been two major inflation bursts: late 1940s-early 1960s (industrial demand-driven from first globalization wave) and late 1970s-1990 (consumer demand-driven from baby boomers forming families), followed by 40 years of lowest inflation in history.
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Peter ZeihanEvidence Quote
“We've had two big bursts of inflation since World War II. The first was in the late 40s to early 60s when everyone was taking advantage of that first big globalization wave in industrializing. So, that was industrial demand-driven inflation. Our second big one was in the late '7s to roughly 1990. That's when the baby boomers had caught were all coming of age and they were founding families and buying cars and homes. That was consumer demand-driven inflation.”
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