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So, e.g., there wasn't enough gold in Britain which went into a prolonged tight-money slump, while in countries like the US and France there was too much gold, which was inflationary.

Lessons of the Great Depression, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

For the same reason they were taking said dumps and pretending to panic about deflation in the mid-2000s, when the economy was growing and there was absolutely no risk of deflation: because they want to see growth-slowing, tight-money policies from the Fed when there is a Democrat in the White House, and growth-boosting, loose-money policies from the Fed when there is a Republican in the White House.

Matthew Yglesias » The Fed Tightens 2010

Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, first appointed by Jimmy Carter, deserves enormous credit for bringing inflation down to 3.2% in 1983 from 13.5% in 1981 with a tight-money policy.

Reaganomics: What We Learned Arthur B. Laffer 2011

February 19th, 2010 at 11: 44 am because they want to see growth-slowing, tight-money policies from the Fed when there is a Democrat in the White House, and growth-boosting, loose-money policies from the Fed when there is a Republican in the White House.

Matthew Yglesias » The Fed Tightens 2010

When the economy finally reversed in the mid-1980s, it was the predicted bounce-back in the business cycle (even Reagan's budget chief David Stockman said so), a steep drop in global oil prices, and the inflation-fighting tight-money policies of then-Fed chairman Paul Volcker, an appointee of Jimmy Carter who today is a top adviser to Barack Obama.

Will Bunch: Gipper's Ghost Haunts America's Recovery 2009

Obama's Economic Recovery Advisory Board will be guided by Paul Volcker, the former Fed chairman whose controversial tight-money policies ended the stagflation crisis of the 1970s but led to a nasty recession.

David Corn: Should Progressives Be Upset with Obama? 2009

We can't recall a similar tight-money intervention from a national leader, save perhaps Ronald Reagan's quiet support for Paul Volcker in the 1980s.

Merkel for the Fed 2009

If he truly undertakes that titanic struggle, the results could eventually be extremely positive, not just for the Japanese public (long under the thumb of the tight-money Ministry of Finance) but for Americans.

A Telegenic Samurai 2008

For deflation to turn dangerous, an obdurate Fed would have to run tight-money policies at a time when business was declining and people were being thrown out of work.

In Praise Of Deflation 2008

Compounding matters, the Bank of Japan's tight-money policies are keeping it at home.

Rush To The Exits 2008