How to Cure Inflation

David Filkin
1980-03-07


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58 min

Inflation results when the amount of money printed or coined increases faster than the creation of new goods and services. Money is a "token" of the wealth of a nation. If more tokens are created than new wealth, it takes more tokens to buy the same goods. Friedman explains why politicians like inflation, and why wage and price controls are not solutions to the problem. Friedman visits Japan, U.S. and Britain.

Cast

Name Character Team
Milton Friedman Unowned
Robert McKenzie Unowned
Clarence J. Brown Unowned
William McChesney Martin Unowned
Beryl W. Sprinkel Unowned
Otmar Emminger Unowned
Robert Crawford Unowned
Richard Nixon Unowned
James Callaghan Unowned