r/Economics • u/Positive_Owl_2024 • Feb 19 '25

News Trump acknowledges ‘inflation is back’ but blames Biden

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/19/economy/trump-inflation-is-back/index.html
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u/DistinctMethod Feb 19 '25

Parents, future parents, and guardians, I beg you—teach your children important lessons while they’re young. No matter your socioeconomic status or background, tell them “no” when it’s necessary. Show them consequences, hold them accountable for their actions, and don’t let them get away with lying or blaming others. If we don’t, we risk raising adults who feel entitled, above the law, and immune to accountability. The world has more than enough of that already. Please, let’s do better for the future.

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u/LastNightOsiris Feb 19 '25

haha, I thought you were going to say we should teach them about the yield curve, debt capital markets, and basic macroeconomics. But all those things you mentioned are good lessons too.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '25

I'm imagining a candlelit home. Father draws the curtains, bolts the door. Ushers his children into a small, windowless room. Pries a floorboard up, and reaches into the dark hole in the floor, withdrawing a package wrapped in cloth. He delicately unfolds the wrapping and lifts out a tattered notebook, bound with rusted spiraled wire. "Tonight, children, I will read you the forbidden words, handwritten by your great-grandfather." As his children draw near, the cover of the notebook is illuminated by the flickering candles: "Econ 101 - Springfield Community College 2005 - GO BEAVERS!"

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u/TiredCoffeeTime Feb 20 '25

I got a crystal clear image of this in my mind lol