stagflation

Examples of stagflation in the following topics:

• The Carter Administration

  • His administration sought to make the government "competent and compassionate"; however in the midst of an economic crisis produced by rising energy prices and stagflation, he met with difficulty in achieving his objectives.

• Counterculture

  • The "magic economy" of the 1960s gave way to the stagflation of the 1970s, and many middle-class Americans no longer had the luxury of living outside of conventional social institutions.

• Free Enterprise Economics and Reaganomics

  • Reagan’s economic policymakers succeeded in breaking the cycle of stagflation that had been plaguing the nation, but at significant cost.