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Finally, a wage-price freeze, if temporary, would have little or no effect on inflation. The inflationary spurt after Nixon lifted his price controls in 1974 simply reflected pent-up pressures. The freeze did little to dampen expectations of inflation, and in the views of some economists may ultimately have led to even higher price levels! A more permanent freeze would have the defects mentioned earlier. It is not clear that such a system of permanent administrative price setting--approximating the system in a centrally planned economy--would be desirable, despite the many drawbacks of a market-based economy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dangerously Naive' | 4/1/1980 | See Source »

Such out-of-character understatements from the camps of the two all but certain winners were quite understandable. With three-fourths of the presidential primaries still to be held, neither Republican Ronald Reagan nor Democrat Jimmy Carter wanted to dampen the zeal of his fund-raising and vote-drumming organizers by declaring that the two races for the nomination were already over. Practically speaking, however, and barring a political miracle that no one could foresee, they were. In a sense, the general election campaign began last week. It was Carter vs. Reagan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Races: Over Already? | 3/31/1980 | See Source »

...more inflation and deeper recession. Fresh harbingers of both of these threats appeared last week. The unemployment rate, which had dipped unexpectedly to 5.8% in September, returned to 6% last month-a sign of a softening economy. But other figures showed business continuing to perk along despite attempts to dampen inflation by curbing growth. Prices charged by wholesalers rose another 1% in October, while the index of "leading" indicators, which is supposed to foreshadow future economic trends, rose by a strong 0.8% in September. The net effect: the mild downturn that both the Administration and the Federal Reserve desire seems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Wages of Inflation | 11/12/1979 | See Source »

...White House p.r. people in the preceding weeks to cut me down to size: Nixon was identified with the "hard," I with the "softer" position. I did not indicate to any journalist that I had opposed the decision to use B-52s. But I also did little to dampen the speculation, partly out of a not very heroic desire to deflect the assault from my person. Some journalists may have mistaken my genuine depression about the seeming collapse of the peace efforts for a moral disagreement. Though I acted mainly by omission and partly through emotional exhaustion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Section: WHITE HOUSE YEARS: PART 2 THE AGONY OF VIETNAM | 10/8/1979 | See Source »

...prenotification on any important pay or price changes. But the President is most likely to follow the course recommended by Blumenthal and Chief Economist Charles Schultze: leave the 7% pay limit intact, and generally follow a moderate policy, while hoping that the coming (or perhaps already existing) recession will dampen inflationary fires. Asserted Blumenthal: "We are determined not to engage in dramatic action that would cause long-run problems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Guidelines: Down but Not Out | 6/18/1979 | See Source »

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