Gardiner Coit Means (1896–1988) was an American economist. He co-authored The Modern Corporation and Private Property (1932) with Adolf A. Berle Jr.

The Politics of the Price Level

March 11, 2023

Analysis

Profits, Prices, and Power

The first postwar tightening cycle and perspectives on today’s inflation

If they are remembered at all, the 1950s are now thought of as a lost golden age of stable growth and political economic consensus. But the second half of the decade saw rising prices, tightening financial conditions, diminished industrial employment,…