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Monetarism

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  • Mayer, T.
  • Minford, P.

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This paper offers a retrospective on the monetarist debate started by Milton Friedman in the 1950s, discussing both monetarist theory and policy recommendations. While the inability to find a controllable monetary aggregate with a velocity that can be accurately predicted has severely damaged the monetarist case, on other issues, such as the importance of changes in the monetary growth rate and the need to control inflation, the monetarist challenge to Keynesian orthodoxy was successful and made a central contribution to the currently prevailing macroeconomics.
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  • Mayer, T. & Minford, P., 1995. "Monetarism," Department of Economics 95-21, California Davis - Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:fth:caldec:95-21
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    • Thomas Mayer & Patrick Minford, 2004. "Monetarism," World Economics, World Economics, 1 Ivory Square, Plantation Wharf, London, United Kingdom, SW11 3UE, vol. 5(2), pages 147-185, April.
    • Thomas Mayer & Patrick Minford, 2004. "Monetarism," Working Papers 231, University of California, Davis, Department of Economics.
    • Mayer, T. & Minford, P., 1995. "Monetarism," Papers 95-21, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs.

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    Keywords

    MONEY ; MONETARY POLICY ; INFLATION ; CENTRAL BANKS ; PRICES;
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    JEL classification:

    • E30 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
    • E31 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
    • E51 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Money Supply; Credit; Money Multipliers
    • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies

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