If you have a nostalgic fondness for bell bottoms and smiley face stickers, you probably remember the 1970s. However, chances are good that your memories of stagflation are not quite as warm.
Stagflation — a combination of inflation and slow economic growth — was a plague in the early part of that decade. Some people worry that stagflation could make a return today. Watch this Khan Academy video to learn the circumstances that trigger stagflation, and why it is so dangerous for the American consumer.
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