... growing and that things are getting better. If producers are charging higher prices and consumers are paying these prices then why not charge the higher prices. Bade. Parkin, Foundations of Macroeconomics. Boston. Addison Wesley. p. 368, p. G-4 Schiller, The Economy Today. Ninth Edition. Boston. McGraw-Hill. p.137, p.327, p.138, p. G2 (www.internation.se/toft/stagflation.htm ... ...