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absolute bullshit.
the last time inflation was low, was DURING the "credit crunch", an economy actually requires a moderate level of inflation in order to function, and according to Keynes a higher rate of inflation might be desirable as it could reduce unemployment.

This crisis was never characterised by high levels of inflation anyway, in fact at one point in 2009 it even went negative.
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 11:09, archived)
but unemployment is down anyway
so you're obviously wrong
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 11:11, archived)
barely,
and largely because of part-time work. It's still way above pre-crisis levels, it needs to drop a whole lot more before you could even look at the graph and confidently identify a downwards trend. It's got over a hump in late-2011 and that's about it.
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 11:14, archived)
look at this graph,
www.multpl.com/uk-real-gdp-per-capita

We haven't gone ANYWHERE since the crisis.
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 11:21, archived)
i just don't know why you're so negative, we're obviously on the road to recovery

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 11:22, archived)
haha

(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 11:22, archived)
I bet the Tories are planning to lose the next election,
on the hope that the next crisis will happen shortly after Labour take over so they get the blame for it.
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 11:25, archived)
Yes, people are taking part-time work and jobs they're hopelessly overqualified for.
So unemployment is (slightly) down from what it was a few years ago, but a lot of people are earning very little.
(, Tue 18 Feb 2014, 11:28, archived)