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Inflation and the Profit-Price Spiral

2023-05-12 00:00:00 +0000 UTC ·26m 39s ·by NPR
Inflation and the Profit-Price Spiral
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Economists say that inflation is just too much money chasing too few goods. But something else can make inflation stick around. If you think of the 1970s, the last time the U.S. had really high sustained inflation, a big concern was rising wages. Prices for goods and services were high. Workers expe