A Monetary History of the United States, 1867–1960

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book economic history study

A Monetary History of the United States, 1867–1960 is a landmark economic study that analyzes the role of monetary policy and money supply in shaping U.S. economic cycles and major events such as the Great Depression.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ economic history study ⓘ
analyzesEvent	Great Depression ⓘ National Banking Era ⓘ World War II monetary developments ⓘ establishment of the Federal Reserve System ⓘ interwar period ⓘ postwar U.S. monetary policy ⓘ post–Civil War U.S. economy ⓘ
argues	Federal Reserve policy failures deepened the Great Depression ⓘ changes in money supply are a primary driver of business cycles ⓘ monetary contractions can have severe real economic effects ⓘ
author	Anna Schwartz ⓘ surface form: Anna Jacobson Schwartz Milton Friedman ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
field	economic history ⓘ macroeconomics ⓘ monetary economics ⓘ
focusesOn	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasEdition	Princeton University Press 1963 first edition ⓘ later reprints with new introductions ⓘ
influenced	modern central banking doctrine ⓘ monetarist policy debates ⓘ research on the Great Depression ⓘ
influencedBy	classical quantity theory of money ⓘ
ISBN	9780691003542 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
length	over 800 pages ⓘ
methodology	historical narrative ⓘ statistical analysis of monetary aggregates ⓘ
notableChapter	The Great Contraction, 1929–1933 ⓘ
partOf	National Bureau of Economic Research studies in business cycles ⓘ
publicationYear	1963 ⓘ
publisher	Princeton University Press ⓘ
recognizedAs	classic of 20th‑century economic literature ⓘ landmark work in monetary economics ⓘ
subject	United States economic history ⓘ monetary policy ⓘ money supply ⓘ
theoreticalOrientation	monetarism ⓘ
timePeriodCovered	1867–1960 ⓘ
usedIn	central bank research ⓘ graduate economics courses ⓘ

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