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monetarism (ˈmʌnɪtəˌrɪzəm
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Definitions
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
Derived Forms
ˈmonetarist noun, adjectiveTranslations for 'monetarism'
- British English: monetarism Monetarism is an economic policy that involves controlling the amount of money that is available and in use in a country at any one time. NOUN
- Brazilian Portuguese: monetarismo
- Chinese: 货币控制政策货貨币幣控制政策
- European Spanish: monetarismo
- French: monétarisme
- German: Monetarismus
- Italian: monetarismo
- Japanese: マネタリズム>通貨政策を重視する立場
- Korean: 통화주의
- Portuguese: monetarismo
- Spanish: monetarismo
Example Sentences Including 'monetarism'
During the 1970s Friedman was to be central to the IEA's campaign for monetarism , as was Alan Walters.Thinking the Unthinkable
For a while it looked as if New Labour really had swallowed the poisoned chalice of Thatcherite monetarism.Independent (1998)
Howard's age is not a policy choice, like Margaret Thatcher's monetarism or William Hague's Euroscepticism.Times, Sunday Times (2004)
The situation is analogous to that with monetarism as part of previous governments ' economic policies.British Medical Journal (2002)
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