Inflation Distorts Savings When the Nominal Rather Than the Real

question 18

True/False

Inflation distorts savings when the nominal rather than the real interest rate is taxed.

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A 19th-century German psychologist and one of the founders of experimental psychology, known for his work in the field of psychophysics, particularly Weber's Law concerning human perception.

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