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Controls and Inflation
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The Economic Stabilization Program in Retrospect
By Marvin H. Kosters, J. Dawson Ahalt
Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2000
Controls and Inflation
135 pages
AEI Press  (Washington)
Publication Date: December 1975
Paperback
ISBN: 0844731803

This title is currently out of print, but online booksellers sometimes have used copies available. See links below.

This book examines the phases of the Economic Stabilization Program from 1971 to 1974, analyzing the controls as an "income policy" tool that was part of the U.S. response to inflation. The authors consider the political context and market environment in which controls were administered and take note of the interplay between these factors and the day-to-day problems of administering the controls and adapting their underlying concepts. Although it may be too early to reach final conclusion's about the program's effectiveness, this study should contribute to a better understanding of this experience with controls and establish terms of reference for assessing their influence.

Marvin H. Kosters is a resident scholar at AEI.



Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction

Background
The New Economic Policy
Controls and the Economy
Sectoral Developments
Controls and Efficiency
Controls and Related Policy Issues
Summary and Conclusions

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