TY - BOOK AU - Okun,Arthur M. AU - Perry,George L. ED - Brookings Panel on Economic Activity. TI - Curing chronic inflation SN - 081576474X AV - HC110.W24 C87 U1 - 332.4'1'0973 PY - 1978/// CY - Washington PB - Brookings Institution KW - Wage-price policy KW - Inflation (Finance) N1 - Papers and discussion from a special conference of the Brookings Panel on Economic Activity held in the spring of 1978; Includes index; Includes index N2 - The book begins with an extensive introduction by the editors. The first major paper analyzes the macroeconomic s of the current wage-price spiral and the macroeconomic implications of alternative policies for slowing it. Subsequent papers analyze tax-based income policies and anti-inflationary potential of reforming particular federal policies that directly affect prices or costs ER -