Economics Of Worldwide Stagflation

Textbook on theoretical aspects and empirical evidence of the relationship between economic recession, unemployment and inflation, with particular reference to OECD countries - develops an economic model to analyse supply and demand behaviour and economic implications of supply shocks; describes changing trends in productivity, labour utilization, investment, capital flow, etc.; studies structural change, labour market performance, wage determination, etc. Bibliography, graphs, statistical tables.

A compelling theory on the rationale for the changing fortunes of nations

Economic Policy and the Great Stagflation discusses the national economic policy and economics as a policy-oriented science. This book summarizes what economists do and do not know about the inflation and recession that affected the U.S. economy during the years of the Great Stagflation in the mid-1970s. The topics discussed include the basic concepts of stagflation, turbulent economic history of 1971-1976, anatomy of the great recession and inflation, and legacy of the Great Stagflation. The relation of wage-price controls, fiscal policy, and monetary policy to the Great Stagflation is also elaborated. This publication is beneficial to economists and students researching on the history of the Great Stagflation and policy errors of the 1970s.

Describing as symptoms the stagflation, rising protectionism, and the third world dept crisis, this book provides the intellectual and empirical underpinnings for the view that the continuing crisis in the world economy is due to the microeconomic rigidities and public finance management problems of many economies.

Controlling inflation is among the most important objectives of economic policy. By maintaining price stability, policy makers are able to reduce uncertainty, improve price-monitoring mechanisms, and facilitate more efficient planning and allocation of resources, thereby raising productivity. This volume focuses on understanding the causes of the Great Inflation of the 1970s and ’80s, which saw rising inflation in many nations, and which propelled interest rates across the developing world into the double digits. In the decades since, the immediate cause of the period’s rise in inflation has been the subject of considerable debate. Among the areas of contention are the role of monetary policy in driving inflation and the implications this had both for policy design and for evaluating the performance of those who set the policy. Here, contributors map monetary policy from the 1960s to the present, shedding light on the ways in which the lessons of the Great Inflation were absorbed and applied to today’s global and increasingly complex economic environment.