The systemic costs and burdens that inflation imposes upon a society are almost entirely the result of

A) government price controls.
B) inability to predict its rate and timing.
C) the fact that no one can ultimately gain from higher prices because everyone is a consumer.
D) the lag between the rise of wage costs and the subsequent rise of prices.
E) the lag between the rise of prices and the subsequent rise of wages.


B

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