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Did inflation play in the past a larger role in redistributing wealth?

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    Inflation always redistributes wealth from creditors to debtors in an amount proportional to the rate of inflation. Just google: history of inflation.

  • 8 years ago

    @ marvinsussman: ... if the inflation rate is higher than the interest rate.

    To the question: No.

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