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Phillips curve, unemployment, real wages, Federal Reserve, productivity
Economic Thought, Money & Politics, News

Eppur Si Muove, or, How Not to Explain Stagnant Real Wages

George Selgin/July 24, 2018June 19, 2022

Lately the old-timers here at Cato's Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives — which is to say, Jim Dorn and I — have been talking a lot about the Phillips Curve, which seems to be playing a part in monetary policy discussions today almost as big as…

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Yellen, inflation, Fed, zero lower bound, inequality, wage growth
Inflation & Deflation, Money & Politics, The Fed & Central Banks

The New Inflationists

Larry White/July 27, 2017June 19, 2022

“Fed Up” is the name of a progressive initiative that describes itself as a coalition of “community-based organizations, labor unions, policy experts, and faith leaders…united in our call for a strong economy that works for everybody and a more transparent and democratic Federal Reserve." Its main organizer…

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