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- From: yodaiken@chelm.cs.umass.edu (victor yodaiken)
- Newsgroups: sci.econ
- Subject: Re: GM Plant Closures and Economic Problems
- Message-ID: <58026@dime.cs.umass.edu>
- Date: 27 Dec 92 03:12:03 GMT
- References: <38015@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu> <58004@dime.cs.umass.edu> <1992Dec26.160846.8549@Princeton.EDU>
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- In article <1992Dec26.160846.8549@Princeton.EDU> nfs@volkl (Norbert Schlenker) writes:
- >In article <58004@dime.cs.umass.edu> yodaiken@chelm.cs.umass.edu (victor yodaiken) writes:
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- >>Can you name a period and economy in the industrial ages where prices have
- >>been stable for more than a few years?
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- >To butt in here, consider the U.S. economy in the 19th century, which was
- >industrializing throughout the century.
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- > 1828-1860: prices were about 10% lower in 1860 than in 1828; annual
- > price changes never exceeded +/-8%; biggest variation
- > from the trend line was less than 5%.
- > 1880-1913: prices in 1913 equalled those in 1880; annual price changes
- > never exceeded +/-3%; biggest variation from the (flat)
- > trend line was less than 5%
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- Weren't there several gigantic panics and depressions during these periods?
- If average wages drop significantly, prices are essentially higher even if
- they are nominally stable.
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