15
November 2018
Past Event
The Case Against 2 Percent Inflation

The Case Against 2 Percent Inflation

Past Event
Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters
November 15, 2018
(Photo Illustration by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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(Photo Illustration by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
15
November 2018
Past Event

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20004

Speakers:
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Brendan Brown

Senior Fellow

Alex J. Pollock

Distinguished Senior Fellow, R Street Institute

On November 15, Hudson Institute hosted Hudson Senior Fellow Brendan Brown to discuss his new book, The Case Against 2 Per Cent Inflation: From Negative Interest Rates to a 21st Century Gold Standard. The conversation was moderated by Alex Pollock, a financial markets expert with the R Street Institute, and included a discussion on central banking.

Brown’s new book explores key questions regarding the controversial and critical issue of two-percent inflation targeting. Currently practiced by central banks in the U.S., Japan and Europe, the broadly prescribed two-percent inflation standard is contributing to the economic malaise currently gripping many advanced economies.

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