10.1184/R1/6705578.v1
Karl Brunner
Karl
Brunner
Michele Fratianni
Michele
Fratianni
Jerry L. Jordan
Jerry L.
Jordan
Allan Meltzer
Allan
Meltzer
Manfred J.M. Neumann
Manfred J.M.
Neumann
Fiscal and Monetary Policies in Moderate Inflation: Case Studies of Three Countries
Carnegie Mellon University
2011
Business
Management
2011-03-30 00:00:00
Journal contribution
https://kilthub.cmu.edu/articles/journal_contribution/Fiscal_and_Monetary_Policies_in_Moderate_Inflation_Case_Studies_of_Three_Countries/6705578
<p>Academic and popular discussions of inflation have increasingly emphasized institutional arrangements and social conventions. Terms like "wage drift," "cost push," "monopoly pricing," and "relative shares" appear frequently and often dominate discussions of inflation. Policies to prevent inflation, increasingly, look to control of individual price changes, particularly money wages and the money prices of products produced by large corporations, as a means of preventing a rise in the general price level.</p>