[lbo-talk] what's a little inflation between friends?

Robert Naiman naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
Sun Mar 30 09:27:21 PDT 2008


aren't progressive economists generally of the view that a little extra inflation isn't such a terrible thing?

suppose that unemployment is 6% and inflation is 3%. Behind Door Number Two we have: inflation is 6% and unemployment is 3%.

shouldn't we favor Door Number Two?

On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 9:20 AM, ken hanly <northsunm at yahoo.com> wrote:


>
> Isn't there a problem with government attempts to
> solve the liquidity crisis and stimulate the economy.
> Aren't they liable to cause inflation especially when
> combined with high oil prices and agricultural
> production shortages that are driving up prices.
> Converting agricultural to biofuel production doesn't
> help either. Couldn't we end up with RECession and
> inFLATION?
>
> Cheers, Ken Hanly
>
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