January 09, 2023 | Commentary
  • Intro Text: This commentary was published as part of the American Prospect's "Great Inflation Myths" series and is based on a paper presented at PERI's "Global Inflation Today" conference.
  • Type of publication: Commentary
  • Research or In The Media: Commentary
  • Research Area: Finance, Jobs & Macroeconomics
  • Publication Date: 2023-01-09
  • Authors:
    • Add Authors: Josh Bivens
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This article was published as part of the American Prospect's "Great Inflation Myths" series, which developed from PERI's "Global Inflation Today" conference.

Josh Bivens argues that current inflation has not been driven simply by macroeconomic overheating and that austerity policies are not the solution.

 

Read Asha Banerjee and Josh Bivens' conference paper:

  Lessons from the Inflation of 2021-202(?)

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