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Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Probes the long-term impact of inflation on the American economy in light of its influence on the political climate and the destabilization of the economy, as well as how the fall of inflation set the stage for two decades of prosperity.
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"Americans as a whole view themselves as reasonably prudent and sober people when it comes to matters of money, reflecting the puritan roots of the earliest European settlers. Yet as a community, we also seem to believe that we are entitled to a lifestyle that is well-beyond our current income, a tendency that goes back to the earliest days of the United States and particularly to get rich quick experiences ranging from the Gold Rush of the 1840s...
Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"How inflation fears shaped American society, then and now. For most of its history, the United States has benefited from price stability-a steady relationship between supply and demand, characterized by prices that don't inflate or deflate in unpredictable fashion. Across these long stretches, the US economy became famously free-market: prices did the job of stabilizing the economy so the government didn't have to. In this sweeping and revelatory...
