stant, does this zero-inflation goal require that the rate of money growth equal zero? If yes, explain why. If no, explain what the rate of money growth should equal. 4. The economist John Maynard...

Extracted text: stant, does this zero-inflation goal require that the rate of money growth equal zero? If yes, explain why. If no, explain what the rate of money growth should equal. 4. The economist John Maynard Keynes wrote in The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1919): "Lenin is said to have declared that the best way to destroy the capitalist system was to debauch the currency. By a continuing process of inflation, governments can con- fiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens." Justify Lenin's assertion. 5. Suppose that a country's inflation rate increases sharply.. What happens to the inflation tax on the holders of money? Why is wealth that is held in savings accounts not subject to a change in the inflation tax? Can think of any way in which holders of savings accounts are hurt by the increase in the inflation rate? you 12 6. Hyperinflations are extremely rare in countries whose central banks are independent of the rest of the ernment. Why might this be so? 7. Let's consider the effects of inflation in an economy gov- 13. comprising only two people: Bob, a bean farmer, and Rita, a rice farmer. Bob and Rita both always consume equal amounts of rice and beans. In year 2015, the price of beans was $1, and the price of rice was $3. a. Suppose that in 2016 the price of beans was $2