stagflation
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The parallels to today, while not exact, are interesting; along with the Iran hostage crisis, stagflation ended up destroying Jimmy Carter’s presidency.
From Salon • May 7, 2026
Need to Know: The markets are in the early stages of pricing in stagflation.
From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026
The strategists studied four previous stagflation clusters: the mid-’70s “Great Inflation” episode, a subsequent shorter phase in the early 1980s, briefly in the global financial crisis and the post-2020 period.
From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026
Experts argue the current economic backdrop is not stagflation, with inflation now supply-driven rather than labor force growth.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
Galbraith provides a quite accurate and chilling history of how prosperity gave way to stagflation as a result of misguided policy - and he shows how economists provided the misdirections and the apologies.
From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Colignatus, Thomas
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Economics
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