The us. Dollar was largely off the gold standard well before 19 71. The phillips curve is named after an economist named alban william phillips. It states that there's a negative statistical correlation and inverse correlation between unemployment and inflation. You can cause unemployment to go lower if you push inflation a little bit higher. And so based on this model, policy makers in the 19 sixties and seventies thought that they could embrace a little bit of a trade off. But it worked until it didn't, and when it didn'tit fell apart in a way that made things worse.
#365: Nearly every financial news story for the past several months has centered around inflation – but what, exactly, is inflation? What are its causes? What are its effects? How is it measured? What notable inflationary events have unfolded throughout history, and what can we learn from these?
In this episode, we peel back the layers of the onion in order to deepen our understanding of the concept of inflation. We discuss hyperinflation, biflation, stagflation; we discuss the CPI, the PPI, and core inflation. We discuss the demand-pull inflation, cost-push inflation and the wage-price spiral. We resist the temptation to make predictions about the future, choosing instead to focus on refining our understanding of the present.
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