monetarism
noun
mon·e·tar·ism
ˈmä-nə-tə-ˌri-zəm 
also ˈmə-
: a theory in economics that stable economic growth can be assured only by control of the rate of increase of the money supply to match the capacity for growth of real productivity
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In the aftermath of 2008, when central banks aggressively grew the money supply, many economists leaned on monetarism to predict imminent hyperinflation.
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Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak and Paul Swartz, TIME, 31 July 2024
Hammered into generations of students, monetarism—the school of thought that linked growth in money supply and inflation—has enduring appeal even as empirical failures have accumulated.
—Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak and Paul Swartz, TIME, 31 July 2024
The influence of Milton Friedman’s monetarism For Thatcher, inflation was both a moral and an economic issue.
—Tim Lankester, Fortune, 16 May 2024
The theory’s monetarism—the policy of using the money supply to influence the whole economy instead of relying on complicated legislative decisions around taxing and spending—was similarly elegant and apolitical.
—Felicia Wong, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2021
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Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak and Paul Swartz, TIME, 31 July 2024
Hammered into generations of students, monetarism—the school of thought that linked growth in money supply and inflation—has enduring appeal even as empirical failures have accumulated.
—Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak and Paul Swartz, TIME, 31 July 2024
The influence of Milton Friedman’s monetarism For Thatcher, inflation was both a moral and an economic issue.
—Tim Lankester, Fortune, 16 May 2024
The theory’s monetarism—the policy of using the money supply to influence the whole economy instead of relying on complicated legislative decisions around taxing and spending—was similarly elegant and apolitical.
—Felicia Wong, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2021
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“Monetarism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monetarism. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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