A neglected inconsistency in Milton Friedman's AEA Presidential Address

Friedman (1968) – his famous Presidential Address to the American Economic Association – contains an elementary error right at the heart of what is usually supposed to be the paper’s crucial argument. That is the argument to the effect that during an inflation, changing expectations shift the Philli...

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Главный автор: Forder, J
Формат: Journal article
Опубликовано: Cambridge University Press 2015
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Итог:Friedman (1968) – his famous Presidential Address to the American Economic Association – contains an elementary error right at the heart of what is usually supposed to be the paper’s crucial argument. That is the argument to the effect that during an inflation, changing expectations shift the Phillips curve. It is suggested that the fact of this mistake, and of its having gone all-but unnoticed are points of historical interest. Further reflections, drawing on the arguments of Forder (2014) Macroeconomics and the Phillips curve myth, are suggested.