How does inflation and unempolyment outwiegh poverty?
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I don't think it does as it is all intertwined, it is hard to have one without the other.
434243
When a government prints more money and puts it into the system, it causes HYPO inflation, and then instead of needing 3 dollars for a gallon of gas, you will need 30,000 dollars.  It causes way too much problem.  You do not want that to happen, no jobs, not work and not trillion of dollars to buy it with.  \n\nNo other country would trade with such a country and eventually that country would fall into depression and total collapse.
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Actually, that is a myth!  Over time, the poor get richer too.  Also, when the poor are getting poorer, so are the rich.  When the rich get richer, the poor get richer too, just not as fast!\n\nThis is contrary to everything you've ever heard.  So please see the two web sites below.  The first is official Census data that shows in current and 2004 constant (inflation adjusted) dollars how each income class has fared since 1967.  What you'll see is over time the poor get richer.  \n\nThe second web site is where I graphed out how each income class's income grows or falls each year based on that same census data.   The second chart shows each income class's percentage gain or loss (in 2004 constant dollars) by each year.  All income classes track well together in their gains or losses.
445551
decline. the governemtn should spend more on  the people living in poverty before it tries to save anyone else
453568
There are many issues causing poverty - there is inequality, human rights issues, lack of education, lack of access to information, unfair trade practices ... so reducing poverty in this millenium is a difficult although attainable goal.  There's also talk of the Milllenium Development Goals which multialteral development insitutions are inviting all governments and NGOs to help in achieving. I hope this will help you attend that lecture better.
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Inflation is actually created by growth. The key to keeping the economy in balance is growing at a steady rate. That's why we experienced widespread inflation in the 90s with such unreasonable growth. As fantastic as growth is, it has its own problems.\n\nHowever, there can also be inflation at the same time as an economy slowdown. (For instance, in any major historical depression, infation becomes high. In the German depression after WW1, people would actually run out and buy things immediately after getting paid because their money depreciated by the minute.)\n\nMostly, increased demand increases inflation. Decreased supply (such as with oil) also increases inflation. There are several other factors, but these are the major issues.\n\nRaising prices, though an indicator of inflation, also work to curb inflation sometimes by curbing demand. Of course, this only really works with goods that have relatively elastic demands.
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Assuming that the matter concerned remains the same (e.g. a coke), inflation essentially means that its price has increased over time (e.g. from $1 to $1.25). It can be caused by deflation of currency (e.g. Brazil), economy growth (price driven up when demand > supply) etc.\n\nThe impact of inflation to economy is immense and is hard to be explained in this forum. Suffice to say is that it is an indicator closely monitored by most governments.
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idea 1: inflation has an "invisible hand" to control it...ie when inflation devalues the american dollar to a certain point; people spend substatially less money on luxuries, and luxury item companies react and make their product more affordable...which is reflected in a sort of ratio of cost between necessities and luxuries and whatever falls inbetween...  now idea 2: we, as a nation, expect unemployment.  we have a certain, budgeted amount of money set aside to compensate for that.  Now lets assume two things...1 - that idea 1 is true and that idea 2 is true.  2 - that in the instance that this original question is posed, neither inflation nor unemployment is so out of control that it is causing "economic anarchy"  Assuming all of this... it would make it more important to control inflation because it is not prepared for in the same way that unemployment is...plus (as a side note, and you thought i was done...) inflation causes each dollar to be worth less money...therefore, theorhetically, people are recieving smaller paychecks...and it leads some to get secondary (or even tertiary) jobs or to work additional hours, which begins to take up hours that are availible from employers...and when companies move less product, they have less hours of work to provide to those that work for them....think about it...
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its a short term fix. it doesnt address the real problem of inflation. after min wage goes up all other prices go up from rent to cheeseburgers. costs of producing goes up causes costs of living goes up. for those who make just above min wage there is no pay raise just cost raise. the only ones this never effects are the wealthy. very bad idea. its exactly the same as when unions go on strike. the companies that employ them have to charge more to cover whatever the unions were demanding. this has a ripple effect driving prices of everything up eventually forcing the unions to strike again next year usually for the same things they were demanding last time. heres our show on money, listen to what dr griffin has to say http://www.philipdru.com/griffin_stream.html
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False: the CPI is (at least supposedly) a measure of the inflation rate. It has been at or about 3% since it has been calculated.\n\nThe "supposedly" is to point out that many economists believe that the CPI is a flawed measure of the actual inflation rate, as it overstates the actual amount of inflation for most goods. The GDP deflator has been suggested as an alternative, but it tends to understate inflation, so a better alternative would likely be a retooled CPI.
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The Great Depression of the late 20's and 30's was felt in all western industrialised nations. Nations that were mainly agrarian (based on agriculture) were little affected by it. Here, in Australia, (I'm guessing that you are in the USA) we had most of the workforce unemployed, businesses bankrupt, starvation and poverty rampant - as did all industrialised countries. Now that governments realise that it isn't all that important to balance the budget, they can start to spend, reduce tax or reduce interest rates (use methods to stimulate spending) if they see the economy heading down. These tools stimulate spending and give the economy a boost.heading that way.
114891
Poverty is a financial state.
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poverty and injustice
408895
Sounds very complicated.  Probably an assumption that your costs and incomes will need to adjust for inflation and you need to determine what new prices you have to demand in order to maintain a profit.  The assumption, of course, would be how much inflation you could expect.  Feh.  Good luck on that.  Anyhow, sounds like a college homework problem...  Good luck on exams!
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On the other hand, having a little bit of national debt can be a good thing, because it allows the treasury to sell bonds on the debt, which is an important tool for monetary policy and allows the government to mitigate inflation.\n\nLots of debt is definitely a problem, though.  My theory on why people don't understand things like this (or act like they do) comes down to a combination of laziness, stupidity, and selfishness -- the unholy trinity of human failure.
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There is not any "Inflation Tax". Inflation is a condition of ecconomic cultures. Let me use the U.S ecconomy as an example. Here we have dollars. We are suppose to have gold reserves which backs each dollar we have circulating in society. However, as we spend money we do not have the gold rererves diminsih, which then in turn devalues the dollars it is suppose to represent. For each paper dollar we are suppose to have an equal amount of gold to cover its worth. What happens is we spend that god elsewhere and do not take out the corresponding dollars circulating in our society. When this occurrs we now have more paper money than we have gold to cover them. This devalues our money. We have to make up for this some how, it is impossible to have something that does not exist.\n\nSo, we then have dollars which are not as valuable as when we had the gold to cover them. Paper money, by itself is wothless. It is simply a peice of paper we put ink writing and pictures on to represent the gold our government and therefor we own. \n\nWe use to use gold, silver, nickle and copper as forms of currency. Our government decided all this material were just to heavy and cumbersome for us to carry around. So, our government took the Gold and in exchange gave out paper money to represent that gold to those who turned it in. We supposedly kept using silver, nickle and copper as silver dollars, dimes, nickles, and pennies. \n\nOver time the silver was also taken and exchanged for coins with less and less ore content. Today these coins are made of materials which are as valueless as paper. \n\nThe government used the gold and other ores in ways it shouldn't have. The government continues to put out more paper money which does not have any gold or silver to back it up. This continues to devalue our money. \n\nThis devaluation is a large part of inflation. As the money devalues, it can be used to purchase less and less. This is called inflation. It takes more and more money to buy the exact same things. So, the government then raises wages in order to provide more "money" for citizesn. Purchasing power. So, as the dollar value decreases and its spending power decreases wages increase. We are not really earning more, we are just trying to keep up with the value of the paper dollar. \n\nThere are other factors which play into this as well. Interest rates, etc. However, this is the basic reason for inflation. Yes, if we were to take all the paper money and turn it in to the government there would not be enough gold and silver reserves to give us back our real wealth. \n\nScarey isn't it? It is a game our government and other goverments are playing with our very lives and ability to provide for ourselves and our families at stake.\n\nHaven't you heard of countries where it costs like hundreds of paper bills to buy a loaf of bread? Very scary stuff. \nAlso, other countries are doing this too. When we exchange our money for another countries money we either get more of theirs or less of theirs in exchange for ours. In england we get less, in candada we get more, in Mexico we get way more. It is the Gold which determines how much a paper currency is worth.
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Money isn't why some people are poor and have no jobs (which is still bogus, because they COULD go out and get a job).  Greed and human gluttony is the real problem.  Blaming money for starving people is like blaming your pencil for misspelling a word.