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Summers: Economic laws cannot be suspended for political convenience
“That there are laws and regularities in economics and social science Just like there are in physical or biological science that cannot be suspended for political convenience. If you print too much money, you will have too much inflation. If you control prices,…”
Summers: Unmanaged inflation hits the poorest members of society hardest
“The way to hit the poorest parts of society hardest is to not manage inflation. You and I can configure our financial affairs so we're hedged against inflation. We may even, by borrowing money, Be able to be beneficiaries of inflation as we pay it back in chea…”