Inflation : a guide for users and losers / Mark Blyth and Nicolò Fraccaroli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blyth, Mark, 1967- author.

Fraccaroli, Nicolò, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inflation (Finance).

Genre:

Informational works.

Physical Description:

274 pages : charts ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2025]

Summary:

"A fresh, revealing, and myth-busting guide to the ins and outs of inflation from two leading political economists. Inflation is back, and its impact can be felt everywhere, from the grocery store to the mortgage market to the results of elections around the world. What's more, tariffs and trade wars threaten to accelerate inflation again. Yet the conventional wisdom about inflation is stuck in the past. Since the 1970s, there has only really been one playbook for fighting inflation: raise interest rates, thereby creating unemployment and a recession, which will lower prices. But this simple story hides a multitude of beliefs about why prices go up and how policymakers can wrestle them back down, beliefs that are often wrong, damaging, and have little empirical basis. Leading political economists Mark Blyth and Nicolò Fraccaroli reveal why inflation really happens, challenge how we think about it, and argue for fresh approaches to combat it. With accessible and engaging commentary, and a good dose of humor, Blyth and Fraccaroli bring the complexities of economic policy and inflation indices down to earth. Policymakers around the world may have pulled off a so-called 'soft landing,' but Inflation warns they must update their thinking. Now tariffs, climate shocks, demographic change, geopolitical tensions, and politicians promising to upend the global order are all combining to create a more inflationary future, making a new paradigm for understanding inflation urgently necessary. Astute, timely, and engaging, Inflation is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the forces shaping our economy and politics." -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Why we need to rethink what we think about inflation

Five things they don't tell you about inflation

Why do we do what we do when we have inflation?

Inflation stories and the politics of blame

When inflation goes hyper

Why didn't we see this one coming?

Are inflation wars class wars?

Conclusion: So have we seen the last of it?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

132410614X

9781324106142

OCLC:

1455397453

Publisher Number:

90102019319

CIPO000211886