RE; inflation and real wages

1994-03-14 Thread MMEEROPO%WNEC . BITNET
There is one other complication in the question about inflation and real wages: Many of the people in the working class are NET DEBTORS. This is particularly true of the section that owns their own homes -- as well as those who are struggling to get out of the working class with heavy student lo

RE; inflation and real wages

1994-03-14 Thread MMEEROPO%WNEC . BITNET
There is one other complication in the question about inflation and real wages: Many of the people in the working class are NET DEBTORS. This is particularly true of the section that owns their own homes -- as well as those who are struggling to get out of the working class with heavy student lo

Re: inflation and real wages

1994-03-14 Thread FICHTENBAUM
Peter D. writes: > >I disagree with Rudy F about inflation being a mechanism that lowers real >wages, either logically or historically. Logically, of course, the circular >flow indicates that aggregate purchasing power remains unaffected, and the >main distributional effect of greater-than-expect

Re: inflation and real wages

1994-03-14 Thread FICHTENBAUM
Peter D. writes: > >I disagree with Rudy F about inflation being a mechanism that lowers real >wages, either logically or historically. Logically, of course, the circular >flow indicates that aggregate purchasing power remains unaffected, and the >main distributional effect of greater-than-expect