Comments on: The Worst of Times, The Best of Times http://jacobchristensen.name/2009/10/19/the-worst-of-times-the-best-of-times/ Notes from the Outside of the Inside Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:45:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jacob Christensen http://jacobchristensen.name/2009/10/19/the-worst-of-times-the-best-of-times/comment-page-1/#comment-1079 Jacob Christensen Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:45:49 +0000 http://jacobchristensen.name/?p=3738#comment-1079 Yes and no: If you add the values of inflation and unemployment, it becomes obvious that the value varies considerably over time. And, as noted, a lot of other parametres played a role in economic policy during the 1970s and 1980s. I originally collected the data in order to calculate something called the "misery index". Yes and no: If you add the values of inflation and unemployment, it becomes obvious that the value varies considerably over time. And, as noted, a lot of other parametres played a role in economic policy during the 1970s and 1980s.

I originally collected the data in order to calculate something called the “misery index”.

]]> By: Sverre http://jacobchristensen.name/2009/10/19/the-worst-of-times-the-best-of-times/comment-page-1/#comment-1077 Sverre Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:18:47 +0000 http://jacobchristensen.name/?p=3738#comment-1077 This reminds me of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillips_curve" rel="nofollow">Phillips curve</a> from economics, the theory of which states that there is a naturally inverse relationship between unemployment and inflation. One will rise when the other drops. This reminds me of the Phillips curve from economics, the theory of which states that there is a naturally inverse relationship between unemployment and inflation. One will rise when the other drops.

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