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- From: ssoar@tekig5.pen.tek.com (Steven E Soar)
- Newsgroups: sci.econ
- Subject: Re: inflation vs employment
- Message-ID: <8497@tekig7.PEN.TEK.COM>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 22:22:04 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan25.184133.6791@desire.wright.edu>, demon@desire.wright.edu (Not a Boomer) writes:
- >
- > I think supply-siders demonstrated an aptitude for reducing both
- > inflationand unemployment.
- >
- I think the supply-siders demonstrated no such capacity. Jobs and growth were
- generated by >3T$ of deficit spending. Inflation was controlled by painful
- monetary policy by Volcker (a Carter appointee). Even job growth during the Reagan
- "miracle"years wasn't great. RR generated 14M jobs in 8 years, while Carter
- generated 11M in 4, even during OPEC oil shocks. Bush created no net
- private sector jobs at all. Thanks to Darman's "computer chips or potato chips"
- de-industrial policy, we now have more employees in government than in
- manufacturing!
- > We might as well wish for 3% unemplyment and 3% inflation. But
- > that will have to wait until Kemp gets elected :).
- >
- > Seriously, though, I don't think it's an either/or proposition.
- >
- You imply that the Phillips curve has somehow been repealed. I don't think
- you`ll find much agreement on this point. Admittedly, Kemp would seem a big
- improvemnt over the Repub's current batch of right-wing ideologues. He does bear
- some responsibility for helping sell Laffer's half-baked tax scheme to Ronald
- (Don't confuse me with the facts, I've got my pre-conceived notions) Reagan.
- > >
- > > Is there an answer?
- >
- > Stimulate the economy in the right places (ie, by making the creation
- > of supply easy) while paying down the debt and controlling government spending.
- > The economic boost provided by the private sector will bring unemployment down
- > while the fiscal policies of the government will keep the lid on inflation.
- > In other words, let's see a repeat of 83-90 with better control of
- > government spending.
- >
-
- You mean doing all the Keynesian things government used to do before Reagan`s
- supply-side legacy saddled us with 4T$ of debt, *immobilizing* government?
- > Brett
-
- steve soar
- (my cute quote got laid off.)
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