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Jimmy Carter: “Inflation is a corrosive nation-wide problem, and yet the Federal Government's direct control over wages and prices is…”

On the recordMay 17, 1978
Inflation is a corrosive nation-wide problem, and yet the Federal Government's direct control over wages and prices is limited.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Memorandum From the President on Federal Anti-Inflation Actions

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