When it takes more bread to buy bread

With inflation at 40-year highs, a war in Europe, and natural disasters happening regularly, I suspect some people are turning to the Book of Revelation, hoping to find clarity regarding the looming apocalypse. This week, The New York Times headline practically jumped off the web page: Bread Prices Skyrocket as Inflation Grips Europe.

My early childhood was in the late 1970s, and it was an economics lesson, to be sure. Gas and food prices were increasing at a much faster rate than my mom's payc

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