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Wray agrees --- the link is short-term and quick --- the link turn is slow

Wray ‘20

(L. Randall, Levy Economics Institute, “Job Guarantee,” The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, pg online @ https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1057/978-1-349-95121-5_3080-1 //um-ef)

While it is true that if the JG wage is set much above the prevailing minimum wage at the time the program is implemented, there could be a one-time bump to wages and prices, a labour buffer stock program does not by itself pressure wages. A large JG program could significantly increase aggregate demand, however, by raising incomes and thus consumption at the bottom of the income distribution. This could lead to some inflation pressure, at least until the economy adapts to the higher level of aggregate demand by increasing potential supply.

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