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Christina D. Romer
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BIOGRAPHY
Class of 1957 - Garff B. Wilson Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley. Former head of the Council of Economic Advisors. Author of numerous articles on business cycles, the Federal Reserve, and the Great Depression. She is coauthor of Reducing Inflation: Motivation and Strategy.
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Great Depression, worldwide economic downturn that began in 1929 and lasted until about 1939. It was the longest and most severe depression ever experienced by the industrialized Western world, sparking fundamental changes in economic institutions, macroeconomic policy, and economic theory.…
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Reducing Inflation: Motivation and Strategy (Volume 30) (National Bureau of Economic Research Studies in Business Cycles)
Why Do People Dislike Inflation? / Robert J. Shiller -- Does Inflation Grease The Wheels Of The Labor Market? / David Card And Dean Hyslop -- Costs And Benefits Of Going From Low Inflation To Price Stability / Martin Feldstein -- Disinflation And The Nairu / Laurence Ball -- How Precise Are Estimates Of The Natural Rate Of Unemployment? / Douglas Staiger, James H. Stock, And Mark W. Watson -- America's Peacetime Inflation : The 1970s / J. Bradford De Long -- Do Shortages Cause Inflation? / Owen Lamont...
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