The Quantity Theory of Money: Its Historical Evolution and Role in Policy Debates
18 Pages Posted: 23 Aug 2012
Date Written: 1974
Abstract
One of the oldest surviving economic doctrines is the quantity theory of money, which in its simplest and crudest form states that changes in the general level of commodity prices are determined primarly by changes in the quantity of money in circulation.
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