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monetarism
[ mon-i-tuh-riz-uhm, muhn- ]
noun
, Economics.
- a doctrine holding that changes in the money supply determine the direction of a nation's economy.
monetarism
/ ˈmʌnɪtəˌrɪzəm /
noun
- the theory that inflation is caused by an excess quantity of money in an economy
- an economic policy based on this theory and on a belief in the efficiency of free market forces, that gives priority to achieving price stability by monetary control, balanced budgets, etc, and maintains that unemployment results from excessive real wage rates and cannot be controlled by Keynesian demand management
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Derived Forms
- ˈmonetarist, nounadjective
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Other Words From
- mone·ta·rist noun adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of monetarism1
An Americanism dating back to 1965–70; monetar(y) + -ism
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Example Sentences
Jay used his columns to promote "monetarism" in England.
From BBC
The influence of the econcons peaked in the late 1970s with Milton Friedman's monetarism and Arthur Laffer's curve.
From Salon
Yet even Volcker, who pioneered the use of monetarism at the Fed, ultimately abandoned a strict reliance upon money supply growth in managing the economy.
From Washington Post
“I wrote 70 percent of that criticism myself. When I became editor of the Times, I continued to criticize monetarism.”
From Reuters
“I wrote 70% of that criticism myself. When I became editor of the Times, I continued to criticise monetarism.”
From The Guardian
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