Oct 7, 2024
Jonathon Hazell is an assistant professor of economics at the London School of Economics and is a returning guest to the podcast. He rejoins David on Macro Musings to talk about the costs of inflation, the Phillips curve Debate, and the lessons learned from the post-pandemic inflation surge.
Transcript for this week’s episode.
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Related Links:
*Why Do Workers Dislike Inflation? Wage Erosion and Conflict Costs* by Jonathon Hazell, Joao Guerreiro, Chen Lian, and Christina Patterson
*Do Deficits Cause Inflation? A High Frequency Narrative Approach* by Jonathon Hazell and Stephan Hobler
*Jonathon Hazell on Phillips Curves, Wage Rigidity, and How to Measure R-Star* by Macro Musings
*The Dominant Role of Expectations and Broad-Based Supply Shocks in Driving Inflation* by Paul Beaudry, Chenyu Hou, and Franck Portier
Timestamps:
(00:00:00) – Intro
(00:05:27) – Breaking Down the Costs of Inflation
(00:08:45) – *Why Do Workers Dislike Inflation? Wage Erosion and Conflict Costs*
(00:21:12) – Outlining the Policy Implications
(00:27:24) – The Recent Phillips Curve Conversation: What Have We Learned?
(00:34:43) – *Do Deficits Cause Inflation? A High Frequency Narrative Approach*
(00:46:39) – Navigating the Alternative Macroeconomics Perspectives
(00:51:33) – Evaluating the Supply vs Demand Story for the Post-Pandemic Inflation
(00:55:09) – Outro