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The Triffin Dilemma
The Price Level and the Inflation Rate
Location:
Online
Type:
Other
YSI Presenters
Description
This our weekly discussion of the price level as it relates to Perry Mehrling's money view. The price level is the average price of goods in terms of money or, equivalently, the price of money in terms of goods. But what determines the price level? Why is the price level important? And how does it fit into the money view?
This week, we're discussing the "Triffin Dilemma"—an apparent tension between domestic interests and international interests in the management of the world reserve currency. We will read Robert Triffin's October 1959 oral statement to the Joint Economic Committee of Congress entitled "The International Monetary Position and Policy of the United States." This statement appears as the introductory chapter to his 1960 book.
Hosted by Working Group(s):
Organizers
Attendees
Alex Howlett
Ádám Kerényi
Nathalie Marins
Nathaniel Cline
Celso Gonzalez
Zach Kopelman
Bayu Perdana Putra
Mateusz Urban
Pavel Porozov
Güneş Topçu
Thijs Kieboom
Tatiana Camacho
Rok Piletic
Marta Mizsak
Larissa de Lima
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