Re: Is Inflation Dead?

1998-03-22 Thread Jay Hecht
Jim, Thanks so much for your thoughtful reply. I will indeed get your article out of the URPE reader (and reflect on your references and comments). Would you mind taking a look at the "radical" section when I'm done? By the way, I always check your posting and Doug's on pen-l. Unlike others,

Re: Is Inflation Dead?

1998-03-22 Thread Doug Henwood
Jay Hecht wrote: >From what I can >tell, prior to the last decade or so, there really hasn't been a left >consensus on inflation. Is there now? I'm all against tight money, but I still think the populist/liberal left is too sanguine about inflation. I think it often represents a cheap substitute

Is Inflation Dead?

1998-03-21 Thread Jay Hecht
Folks, I wanted to take a quick survey of whether inflation remains an "economic issue." I'm helping Bob Carson update his "Economic Issues Today," which Sharpe expects to publish in December. I don't know how many of you are familiar with the text, but it covers 15 issues (7 micro, 7 macro, 1

Re: Is Inflation Dead?

1998-03-21 Thread James Devine
Jay writes: >I wanted to take a quick survey of whether inflation remains an "economic issue." I'm helping Bob Carson update his "Economic Issues Today," ... >I've been trying to formulate a reasonable "radical" position on the inflation issue, drawing from work by Dean Baker, Bob Pollin, Doug.