John Handley brought up Japan's Phillips curve as evidence against Noah Smith's claim that Japan is where macro theories "go to die" (except mine!) and my own claim that the Phillips curve is useless (in comments here) because it isn't stable. I saw John's graph and thought it was pretty striking:
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Japan's Phillips curve is also flattening
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John Handley brought up Japan's Phillips curve as evidence against Noah Smith's claim that Japan is where macro theories "go to die" (except mine!) and my own claim that the Phillips curve is useless (in comments here) because it isn't stable. I saw John's graph and thought it was pretty striking: