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

monetarist

ˈmä-nə-tə-rist

also ˈmə-

noun or adjective

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Channeling the most famous monetarist of all (Milton Friedman), who admitted late in life that monetarism was bogus, money that actually circulates is always and everywhere an effect of production, not an instigator. —

John Tamny, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025 In the aftermath of 2008, when central banks aggressively grew the money supply, many economists leaned on monetarism to predict imminent hyperinflation. —

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 See all Example Sentences for monetarism