To pump up consumer or government demand would force interest rates up and asset prices down, possibly by enough to destroy more jobs than are created. (Edmund Phelps)

To pump up consumer or government demand would force interest rates up and asset prices down, possibly by enough to destroy more jobs than are created.

Edmund Phelps

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