Satyajit Das, Columnist

Why Inflation Won't Last

Rising prices are obscuring deeper problems.

January 22, 2017 at 10:00 PM UTC

By Satyajit Das

Satyajit Das is a former banker and the author, most recently, of "A Banquet of Consequences."

Don't buy it.
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