Mark Thornton of the Mises Institute writes, “The price of everything seems to have skyrocketed. Only housing, the dollar and inflation-adjusted income are negative.” I immediately interrupt to wittily say, “Well, housing is going down because nobody wants to buy a still-over-priced-yet-even-lower-quality house that now needs painting, a new water heater, some leaky things fixed [...] Food Price Inflation Calculator originally appeared in the Daily Reckoning . The Daily Reckoning has published articles on the impact of quantitative easing , bakken oil , and hyperinflation .