Do "Shortages" Cause Inflation?

Owen Lamont
Published Date
Copyright 1997
ISBN 0-226-72484-0
Reducing Inflation
Book: Reducing Inflation: Motivation and Strategy
Book Editors: Christina D. Romer & David H. Romer
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press
Series: Studies in Business Cycles
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Do "Shortages" Cause Inflation?
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I count the number of times per month that the word `shortage' appears on the front page of The Wall Street Journal...

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