Inflation’s Impact on Marriage and Children

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09/18/2025
Robert P. Murphy





Bob talks with economist Jeff Degner about his new book Inflation and the Family. Drawing inspiration from Guido Hülsmann’s The Ethics of Money Production, Professor Degner shows how central bank policies and interest rate manipulation create ripple effects beyond prices and GDP. From marriage formation to fertility decisions and divorce trends, he explains how inflation fosters short-termism, debt culture, and moral hazard within households.

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• Inflation and the Family: Mises.org/HAP517a

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https://mises.org/podcasts/human-action-podcast/inflations-impact-marriage-and-children

 

[ClaytonB]

The POINT of it all!

Inflation is demographic warfare in disguise. The rich and powerful are a tiny minority with no use for the rest of us. Stop reproducing. Cut your genitals off and dye your hair pink. Eat the bugs and rot. A pound of fried crickets, 3 cents. Hamburger, $35. Bon appetit!!

 

[GlennwaldSnowdenAssanged]

Money is meaningless to the government and only a tool to extract the last remnants of any wealth and or value from society. Once knowledge has all been captured, humanity is doomed.

 

[ClaytonB]

Money is meaningless to the government and only a tool to extract the last remnants of any wealth and or value from society. Once knowledge has all been captured, humanity is doomed.

Go touch grass, doomer.