Great Inflation - The Rebirth of Modern Central Banking

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Summary

Controlling inflation is among the most important objectives of economic policy. This volume focuses on understanding the causes of the Great Inflation of the 1970s and '80s, which saw rising inflation in many nations and propelled interest rates across the developing world into the double digits.

Product details

• Authors: Michael D Bordo, Michael D. Bordo, Michael D. Orphanides Bordo, Michael Orphanides Bordo, BORDO MICHAEL D ORPHANIDES ATHA
• Assisted by: Michael Bordo (Editor), Michael D. Bordo (Editor), Athanasios Orphanides (Editor), Orphanides Athanasios (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.06.2013
• EAN: 9780226066950
• ISBN: 978-0-226-06695-0
• No. of pages: 544
• Series: National Bureau of Economic Re; National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report; (NBER) National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Reports (CHUP); (NBER) National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Reports
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Banks & Banking, Banking