G2Rad
24th September 2010, 01:00 PM
Re-thinking a common truth
The "truth": When unemployment rises, inflation falls.
Is it right?
Those unemployed individuals act if they are taken out of the game.
They don't produce and they barely consume.
Its just like they've disappeared from the face of the Earth.
but
the amount of money in the system did not disappear with them
the amount of money in the system remains the same per less consumers ( and per less goods)
Therefore rising unemployment leads to rising inflation!
Thus the common truth is b/s
Comments?
The "truth": When unemployment rises, inflation falls.
Is it right?
Those unemployed individuals act if they are taken out of the game.
They don't produce and they barely consume.
Its just like they've disappeared from the face of the Earth.
but
the amount of money in the system did not disappear with them
the amount of money in the system remains the same per less consumers ( and per less goods)
Therefore rising unemployment leads to rising inflation!
Thus the common truth is b/s
Comments?