Incomes policy
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incomes-policy-322-11736104
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Incomes policy
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Incomes policies in economics are economy-wide wage and price controls, most commonly instituted as a response to inflation, and usually seeking to establish wages and prices below free market level. Incomes policies have often been resorted to during wartime. During the French Revolution, "The Law of the Maximum" imposed price controls in an unsuccessful attempt to curb inflation, and such measures were also attempted after World War II. Peacetime income policies were resorted to in the U.S. in
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Economy-wide wage and price controls
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incomes_policy
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2023-09-15T13:28:45Z
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