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Since nostaglia is fueled by inflation, could it be that inflation is the result of a conspiracy by the people who are trying to palm off McGovern buttons and Howdy Doody puppets and their Aunt Thelma's toaster as antiques.

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Calvin Trillin
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: December 5
Journalist
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Kansas City
Missouri
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