Carolina Quotesthe rate of increase of inflation is decreasing
Richard Nixon Connected to the Carolinas
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Often attributed to Nixon, this is a slight misquote of a second-hand account of what he said. "In the fall of 1972 President Nixon announced that the rate of increase of inflation was decreasing. This was the first time a sitting president used the third derivative to advance his case for reelection." Hugo Rossi:" Mathematics Is an Edifice, Not a Toolbox". Notices of the American Mathematical Society, 1996. Vol 43, No 10, pg 1108.
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“the rate of increase of inflation is decreasing” Richard Nixon. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-FA682F4488. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/fa682f4488
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