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Higher Inflation is Real, But We're Not Returning to the 1970s

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December 1, 2021

Daniel Alpert, CRADLE

“That the unique historical and economic circumstances of the 1970s gave rise to a near cultish obsession with changes in price levels, shunting aside the importance of equitable growth, is a tragedy,” says Daniel Alpert, visiting fellow at the Law School.

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  • Development, Law, and Economics
  • Inequalities, Identities, and Justice