Economic policy and the great stagflation /

Economic Policy and the Great Stagflation discusses the national economic policy and economics as a policy-oriented science. This book summarizes what economists do and do not know about the inflation and recession that affected the U.S. economy during the years of the Great Stagflation in the mid-1...

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Main Author: Blinder, Alan S.
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York : Academic Press, ©1979.
Series:Economic theory, econometrics, and mathematical economics.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Economic Policy and the Great Stagflation discusses the national economic policy and economics as a policy-oriented science. This book summarizes what economists do and do not know about the inflation and recession that affected the U.S. economy during the years of the Great Stagflation in the mid-1970s. The topics discussed include the basic concepts of stagflation, turbulent economic history of 1971-1976, anatomy of the great recession and inflation, and legacy of the Great Stagflation. The relation of wage-price controls, fiscal policy, and monetary policy to the Great Stagflation is also e.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 229 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-223) and index.
ISBN:9780121061609
0121061604
1483264564
9781483264561