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I'm going to commit about four-observation econometrics
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and offer the hypothesis that the right way
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to understand this pattern is that we achieved--
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that Art's generation and then Paul Volcker--
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achieved a hugely important thing.
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They achieved a measure of credibility and commitment
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to non-inflationary monetary policies
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that enabled inflation expectations to be kept in check.
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That, just as success in curing infectious disease
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leads there to be far more cancer
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than there was before infectious disease was brought in check,
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so too the achievement of disinflation leads to an economy