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Drastic Measures

Drastic Measures

Rockoff, Hugh

Hardcover

Series: Studies in Economic History and Policy: USA in the Twentieth

EconomicsGeneral United States HistorySocial Movements

ISBN10: 052124496X
ISBN13: 9780521244961
Publisher: Cambridge
Published: Jun 29 1984
Pages: 302
Weight: 1.35
Height: 0.81 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
This is a history of America's use of wage and price controls from colonial times to Richard Nixon's experiment with controls in the 1970s. It explores the impact of controls on prices and productivity, side-effects such as the growth of black markets and the expansion of government, and the relationship between controls and monetary policy. The central conclusion is that, contrary to the conventional wisdom, there are situations where the net effect of controls can be positive. In particular, temporary controls may reduce the unemployment and lost output usually associated with disinflation.

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