The Ukraine war has produced effects far worse than the inflation of consumer prices. The inflation of propaganda and particularly the rhetoric of politicians concerning the war may produce consequences far worse than consumer price inflation. With Russia’s continuing success in the east, not only is the price of an eventual peace rising, but the cumulative costs of war keep piling up. They prefer to remain indifferent to the stiff price Ukrainians are paying. From his perch in Bavaria, Boris droned on about prices, insisting that ” the price of backing down, the price of allowing Putin to succeed, to hack off huge parts of Ukraine, to continue with his programme of conquest, that price will be far, far higher.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 29, 2022 12:42 UTC