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Feb 7 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
Inflation is up high right now. But there's some good news: The price of nails is lower than it was in 1695.

@tracyalloway and @TheStalwart speak to @DanSichel1 about what that might mean for the economy

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So how do we know what the price of nails was back then? And what can such a long-term look tell us about innovation in such a seemingly simple product?

@DanSichel1 explains on #OddLots
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