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Monday, February 28, 2011

From the FEE Archives: Friedman on Inflation


Milton Friedman’s 1958 Mont Pelerin Society essay on inflation is the subject of a new post “From the Archives.” Here’s a teaser:

Friedman believed the source of inflationary pressure mainly stemmed from calls for governmental responsibility and action to correct deviations from full employment. Keynesian policy subscriptions clearly had become ingrained in the public and political consciousness as solutions to any economic downturn.

 


  • Nicholas Snow is Associate Professor of Economics and the Tom and Anne Walsh Professor of Philosophy, Political Science, and Economics at Wabash College. He previously worked at the Ohio State University, Kenyon College, and Indiana University. His website is https://www.nicholasasnow.com/