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	Podcast:		EconTalk
	Episode:		Meltzer on Inflation
	Category:		Education
	Duration:		01:03:40
	Publish Date:		2009-02-23 05:30:00
	Description:		Allan Meltzer, of Carnegie Mellon University, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the current state of monetary policy and the potential for inflation. Meltzer explains why inflation hasn't happened yet, despite massive increases in reserves created by Fed policy. Then he explains why inflation is coming and why it will be politically difficult for the Fed to stop it. Meltzer also analyzes the Japanese experience in recent years and talks about why so many investment banks overreached and destroyed themselves.
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