monetarist
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- noun
- /ˈmʌnɪˌtɛrɪst/
- Specialized
- In the classic monetarist tradition, a sound currency and competitive markets are the pillars of economic prosperity.
- monetarist policy
- monetarist economic theory
- monetarist and Keynesian
Examples
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Friedman is a leading proponent of the monetarist school of macroeconomic thought.
Academic text (1990) -
The policy implications are much like those of the monetarists.
Academic text (1990) -
So it's quite clear that the principal goal of a monetarist is to maintain stable pricing within central banks.
Blog text (4) -
In early 2009, it was basically just us market monetarists calling for easier money.
Blog text (8) -
To me, the story of 2007-2008 makes sense from a market monetarist point of view.
Blog text (34) -
I would have thought this would be tailor-made for a monetarist approach.
Blog text (27) -
Collor committed himself to ending the monetarist policy of high interest rates without successfully reforming the tax system.
Academic text (1998) -
By mid-1991, the Collor administration had fallen back to a strict monetarist attack on inflation, provoking a deep recession.
Academic text (1998) -
Friedman is a leading proponent of the monetarist school of macroeconomic thought.
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In early 2009, it was basically just us market monetarists calling for easier money.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Monetarist comes from the root monet-, the same root as the common word money, and the ending -ist, which means 'a person who supports' or believes in something. So a monetarist is someone who believes changes in the amount of 'money' are the main cause of the economy's ups and downs.