ViewpointsOpinionHow Governments Expropriate Wealth With Inflation and TaxesSavePrintA tip box is filled with U.S. currency in New York on April 3, 2019. AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, FileDaniel Lacalle5/9/2022|Updated: 5/18/2022CommentaryIn an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen admitted that the chain of stimulus plans implemented by the U.S. administration helped create the problem of inflation.Share this articleLeave a commentDaniel LacalleAuthorDaniel Lacalle, Ph.D., is chief economist at hedge fund Tressis and author of the bestselling books “Freedom or Equality” (2020), “Escape from the Central Bank Trap” (2017), “The Energy World Is Flat” (2015), and “Life in the Financial Markets.”websiteAuthor’s Selected ArticlesHow Analysts Misjudged US Economy: Growth, Inflation, and Fiscal Surprises in 2025Jul 14, 2025Iran’s Allies Abandon the Regime as Geopolitical Tension EscalatesJun 25, 2025Is the European Union Deliberately Delaying Trade Negotiations?May 27, 2025Inflation Is Not Soaring, and Economic Growth Is SolidMay 20, 2025Related Topicsinflationcurrency devaluation