The impact of Milton Friedman on modern monetary economics: Setting the record straight on Paul Krugman's "Who was Milton Friedman?"

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 835-856

  Nelson, Edward ^a   Schwartz, Anna J ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Great Depression; Inflation; Monetarism; New Keynesian economics; Price controls

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149110979     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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