Nixon’s Famous Price Freeze Did Stop Inflation

In my check of banana prices recently, one Oregon supermarket (Trader Joe’s) was still charging 19¢ each. Its neighborhood rival (Safeway) was charging 29¢. A gallon of gas at my neighborhood Astro station was $ 3.75 last August, and just dropped from $5.29 two weeks ago to yesterday’s $4.95. Interest in those prices led to More

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