{"id":7548,"date":"2013-04-24T19:08:11","date_gmt":"2013-04-24T23:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=7548"},"modified":"2013-04-24T19:08:11","modified_gmt":"2013-04-24T23:08:11","slug":"the-grave-evil-of-unemployment-bryan-caplan-econlog-library-of-economics-and-liberty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2013\/04\/24\/the-grave-evil-of-unemployment-bryan-caplan-econlog-library-of-economics-and-liberty\/","title":{"rendered":"The Grave Evil of Unemployment, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bryan Caplan makes the case for a fresh approach from free-market economists:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>At the level of high theory, free-market economists love market-clearing models.  If there&#8217;s surplus wheat, the price of wheat will fall to clear the market.  If there&#8217;s surplus labor, similarly, the wage will fall to eliminate unemployment.  What about nominal wage rigidity?  Most free-market economists concede that nominal wage rigidity exists to some degree, but think the problem is mild and short-lived&#8230;&#8230;..The high theory&#8217;s wrong: Nominal wage rigidity is both strong and durable.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Rather than treat unemployment as a necessary but temporary affliction, Caplan suggests that free-market economists should be attacking the &#8220;vast array of employment-destroying regulations&#8221; imposed by government &#8212; and tight monetary policy by central banks, where they should be advocating <a href=\"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/2012\/10\/31\/should-the-fed-be-targeting-inflation\/\" title=\"Why the Fed should not target inflation\" target=\"_blank\">nominal GDP targeting<\/a> as an alternative.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at <a href='http:\/\/econlog.econlib.org\/archives\/2013\/04\/the_grave_evil.html'>The Grave Evil of Unemployment, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bryan Caplan makes the case for a fresh approach from free-market economists: At the level of high theory, free-market economists love market-clearing models. 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