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,
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
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
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.