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Now anyone who has lived in post-war Britain will observe that there is something familiar about this: rising prices, too low a level of exports, too high a level of imports; surely these are at the heart of our post-war economic problems. If Keynes’s analysis showed us how to prevent unemployment by ensuring that there is enough demand in the economy, why has it not also shown us how to prevent rising prices and balance of payments crises by avoiding too much demand?

Inflation — defined as a sustained increase in the price of goods and services — seems to be inevitable. While rising prices are bad news for consumers inflation can be quite profitable for investors.

Inflation erodes the value of a nation’s currency. In an inflationary environment, a gallon of milk that once cost $3 may now cost $4. There are a variety of factors that influence inflation and arguments about its root cause, but for consumers and investors, the end result is the same: prices rise. For investors, the key to making money in an inflationary environment is to hold investments that increase in value at a rate in excess of the rate of inflation. A number of investments are historically viewed as hedges against inflation. These include real estate, gold, oil, and stocks.