monetarism
[ mon-i-tuh-riz-uhm, muhn- ]
/ ˈmɒn ɪ təˌrɪz əm, ˈmʌn- /
noun Economics.
a doctrine holding that changes in the money supply determine the direction of a nation's economy.
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Origin of monetarism
An Americanism dating back to 1965–70; monetar(y) + -ism
OTHER WORDS FROM monetarism
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British Dictionary definitions for monetarism
monetarism
/ (ˈmʌnɪtəˌrɪzəm) /
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 of monetarism
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Cultural definitions for monetarism
monetarism
[ (mon-uh-tuh-riz-uhm) ]
The economic doctrine that the supply of money has a major impact on a nation's economic growth. For example, monetarists prefer to control inflation by restricting the growth of a nation's money supply rather than by raising taxes. The doctrine is associated with Milton Friedman.
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