Pigou on business cycles and unemployment: an anti-gold-standard view
Norikazu Takami
The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2011, vol. 18, issue 2, 203-215
Abstract:
This note examines A. C. Pigou's views on the practical issue of high unemployment in the 1920s. In his Industrial Fluctuations, Pigou emphasized that the monetary aspect of business cycles was much more important to fluctuations in unemployment than wage adjustment. In a journal article, however, he stated that major part of the high unemployment should be attributed to the failure of money wage adjustment. I argue that, on balance, Pigou attached greater importance to monetary problems than to the wage rigidity.
Keywords: Pigou; business cycle; unemployment; inter-war period; gold standard (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1080/09672567.2011.564792
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