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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810910503321

Titolo

Inflation, causes and effects / / edited by Robert E. Hall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c1982

ISBN

1-282-06989-6

0-226-31325-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 p.)

Collana

A National Bureau of Economic Research project report

Altri autori (Persone)

HallRobert Ernest <1943->

Disciplina

332.4/1

Soggetti

Inflation (Finance)

Inflation (Finance) - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- National Bureau of Economic Research -- Relation of the Directors to the Work and Publications of the National Bureau of Economic Research -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Why Stopping Inflation May Be Costly: Evidence from Fourteen Historical Episodes -- 2. The Ends of Four Big Inflations -- 3. United States Inflation and the Choice of Monetary Standard -- 4. Explorations in the Gold Standard and Related Policies for Stabilizing the Dollar -- 5. The Effect of Inflation on the Private Pension System -- 6. The Disruptive Effect of Inflation on the Organization of Markets -- 7. Inflation, Capital Taxation, and Monetary Policy -- 8. Adapting to Inflation in the United States Economy -- 9. United States Inflation and the Dollar -- 10. Public Concern about Inflation and Unemployment in the United States: Trends, Correlates, and Political Implications -- 11. Inflation, Corporate Profits, and the Rate of Return to Capital -- 12. The Anatomy of Double-Digit Inflation in the 1970's -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume presents the latest thoughts of a brilliant group of young economists on one of the most persistent economic problems facing the United States and the world, inflation. Rather than attempting an encyclopedic effort or offering specific policy recommendations, the contributors have emphasized the diagnosis of problems and the description of events that economists most thoroughly understand.



Reflecting a dozen diverse views-many of which challenge established orthodoxy-they illuminate the economic and political processes involved in this important issue.