Inflation or Unemployment - Which is Worse
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
by Geoff Riley
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Here is a super short resource from BBC World Business. Paul Krugman, Nobel laureate and professor of economics in Princeton University, and first Niall Ferguson, history professor at Harvard University followed by interpretation of the discussion by Stephanie Flanders.
Categories: A2 Macro AS Macro Inflation and Deflation Unemployment
Tags: unemployment, inflation, economics, stephanie flanders, objectives, paul krugman, niall ferguson, trade-offs
Tags: unemployment, inflation, economics, stephanie flanders, objectives, paul krugman, niall ferguson, trade-offs
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