Loading…

Milton Friedman and the financial crisis of 2008

We find Milton Friedman, in part, guilty of leading to the monetary meltdown of fall 2008, at least, that is, his ideas, concerning gold, the Fed, monetary policy, flexible exchanges rates and other elements of international financial arrangements. However, contrary to the views of some Austrian eco...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:American review of political economy 2012-06, Vol.10 (1/2), p.2
Main Authors: Block, Walter E, Barnett, William
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
cited_by
cites
container_end_page
container_issue 1/2
container_start_page 2
container_title American review of political economy
container_volume 10
creator Block, Walter E
Barnett, William
description We find Milton Friedman, in part, guilty of leading to the monetary meltdown of fall 2008, at least, that is, his ideas, concerning gold, the Fed, monetary policy, flexible exchanges rates and other elements of international financial arrangements. However, contrary to the views of some Austrian economists, we take the position that had his 3% rule for the annual expansion of the money stock been followed by the Fed, the Austrian Business Cycle of late 2008 would not have occurred. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
format article
fullrecord <record><control><sourceid>proquest</sourceid><recordid>TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1440875624</recordid><sourceformat>XML</sourceformat><sourcesystem>PC</sourcesystem><sourcerecordid>3094999851</sourcerecordid><originalsourceid>FETCH-LOGICAL-p618-c5cd6beb6c856e4f4d18a56d34d17fb89ab3e63a028f7f212fd2615022f61b263</originalsourceid><addsrcrecordid>eNpNjU1LAzEUAIMoWKv_IeB5Ie8leRuPUmwVWrz0XvL1MGXN1s32_1uoB08zp5kbsQBroQPt9O0_vxcPrR2VIkvUL4TalWEeq1xPJadvX6WvSc5fWXKpvsbiBxmn0kqTI0tUyj2KO_ZDy09_XIr9-m2_eu-2n5uP1eu2OxG4LtqYKORA0VnKhk0C5y0lfZGeg3vxQWfSXqHjnhGQExJYhcgEAUkvxfM1e5rGn3Nu8-E4nqd6OR7AGOV6S2j0L-C0PpY</addsrcrecordid><sourcetype>Aggregation Database</sourcetype><iscdi>true</iscdi><recordtype>article</recordtype><pqid>1440875624</pqid></control><display><type>article</type><title>Milton Friedman and the financial crisis of 2008</title><source>ABI/INFORM global</source><source>Politics Collection</source><source>ProQuest Social Science Premium Collection</source><creator>Block, Walter E ; Barnett, William</creator><creatorcontrib>Block, Walter E ; Barnett, William</creatorcontrib><description>We find Milton Friedman, in part, guilty of leading to the monetary meltdown of fall 2008, at least, that is, his ideas, concerning gold, the Fed, monetary policy, flexible exchanges rates and other elements of international financial arrangements. However, contrary to the views of some Austrian economists, we take the position that had his 3% rule for the annual expansion of the money stock been followed by the Fed, the Austrian Business Cycle of late 2008 would not have occurred. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]</description><identifier>ISSN: 1551-1383</identifier><identifier>EISSN: 1551-1383</identifier><language>eng</language><publisher>Winston-Salem: Zagros Madjd - Sadjadi, Ph. D</publisher><subject>Business cycles ; Currency ; Deflation ; Economic crisis ; Economic theory ; Economists ; Fixed exchange rates ; Floating exchange rates ; Foreign exchange rates ; Friedman, Milton ; Gold ; Gold standard ; Inflation ; Interest rates ; International finance ; Monetary policy ; Studies ; Wage &amp; price controls</subject><ispartof>American review of political economy, 2012-06, Vol.10 (1/2), p.2</ispartof><rights>Copyright Zagros Madjd - Sadjadi, Ph. D. Jun 2012-Jun 2013</rights><lds50>peer_reviewed</lds50><woscitedreferencessubscribed>false</woscitedreferencessubscribed></display><links><openurl>$$Topenurl_article</openurl><openurlfulltext>$$Topenurlfull_article</openurlfulltext><thumbnail>$$Tsyndetics_thumb_exl</thumbnail><linktopdf>$$Uhttps://www.proquest.com/docview/1440875624/fulltextPDF?pq-origsite=primo$$EPDF$$P50$$Gproquest$$H</linktopdf><linktohtml>$$Uhttps://www.proquest.com/docview/1440875624?pq-origsite=primo$$EHTML$$P50$$Gproquest$$H</linktohtml><link.rule.ids>314,776,780,11668,21367,21374,33590,33964,36039,43712,43927,44342,73967,74214,74641</link.rule.ids></links><search><creatorcontrib>Block, Walter E</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Barnett, William</creatorcontrib><title>Milton Friedman and the financial crisis of 2008</title><title>American review of political economy</title><description>We find Milton Friedman, in part, guilty of leading to the monetary meltdown of fall 2008, at least, that is, his ideas, concerning gold, the Fed, monetary policy, flexible exchanges rates and other elements of international financial arrangements. However, contrary to the views of some Austrian economists, we take the position that had his 3% rule for the annual expansion of the money stock been followed by the Fed, the Austrian Business Cycle of late 2008 would not have occurred. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]</description><subject>Business cycles</subject><subject>Currency</subject><subject>Deflation</subject><subject>Economic crisis</subject><subject>Economic theory</subject><subject>Economists</subject><subject>Fixed exchange rates</subject><subject>Floating exchange rates</subject><subject>Foreign exchange rates</subject><subject>Friedman, Milton</subject><subject>Gold</subject><subject>Gold standard</subject><subject>Inflation</subject><subject>Interest rates</subject><subject>International finance</subject><subject>Monetary policy</subject><subject>Studies</subject><subject>Wage &amp; price controls</subject><issn>1551-1383</issn><issn>1551-1383</issn><fulltext>true</fulltext><rsrctype>article</rsrctype><creationdate>2012</creationdate><recordtype>article</recordtype><sourceid>ALSLI</sourceid><sourceid>DPSOV</sourceid><sourceid>M0C</sourceid><sourceid>M2L</sourceid><recordid>eNpNjU1LAzEUAIMoWKv_IeB5Ie8leRuPUmwVWrz0XvL1MGXN1s32_1uoB08zp5kbsQBroQPt9O0_vxcPrR2VIkvUL4TalWEeq1xPJadvX6WvSc5fWXKpvsbiBxmn0kqTI0tUyj2KO_ZDy09_XIr9-m2_eu-2n5uP1eu2OxG4LtqYKORA0VnKhk0C5y0lfZGeg3vxQWfSXqHjnhGQExJYhcgEAUkvxfM1e5rGn3Nu8-E4nqd6OR7AGOV6S2j0L-C0PpY</recordid><startdate>20120601</startdate><enddate>20120601</enddate><creator>Block, Walter E</creator><creator>Barnett, William</creator><general>Zagros Madjd - Sadjadi, Ph. D</general><scope>0-V</scope><scope>3V.</scope><scope>7WY</scope><scope>7WZ</scope><scope>7XB</scope><scope>87Z</scope><scope>8AL</scope><scope>8FE</scope><scope>8FG</scope><scope>8FK</scope><scope>8FL</scope><scope>ABUWG</scope><scope>AFKRA</scope><scope>ALSLI</scope><scope>ARAPS</scope><scope>AZQEC</scope><scope>BENPR</scope><scope>BEZIV</scope><scope>BGLVJ</scope><scope>CCPQU</scope><scope>DPSOV</scope><scope>DWQXO</scope><scope>FRNLG</scope><scope>F~G</scope><scope>GNUQQ</scope><scope>HCIFZ</scope><scope>JQ2</scope><scope>K60</scope><scope>K6~</scope><scope>K7-</scope><scope>KC-</scope><scope>L.-</scope><scope>M0C</scope><scope>M0N</scope><scope>M2L</scope><scope>P62</scope><scope>PQBIZ</scope><scope>PQBZA</scope><scope>PQEST</scope><scope>PQQKQ</scope><scope>PQUKI</scope><scope>PRINS</scope><scope>PYYUZ</scope><scope>Q9U</scope></search><sort><creationdate>20120601</creationdate><title>Milton Friedman and the financial crisis of 2008</title><author>Block, Walter E ; Barnett, William</author></sort><facets><frbrtype>5</frbrtype><frbrgroupid>cdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-p618-c5cd6beb6c856e4f4d18a56d34d17fb89ab3e63a028f7f212fd2615022f61b263</frbrgroupid><rsrctype>articles</rsrctype><prefilter>articles</prefilter><language>eng</language><creationdate>2012</creationdate><topic>Business cycles</topic><topic>Currency</topic><topic>Deflation</topic><topic>Economic crisis</topic><topic>Economic theory</topic><topic>Economists</topic><topic>Fixed exchange rates</topic><topic>Floating exchange rates</topic><topic>Foreign exchange rates</topic><topic>Friedman, Milton</topic><topic>Gold</topic><topic>Gold standard</topic><topic>Inflation</topic><topic>Interest rates</topic><topic>International finance</topic><topic>Monetary policy</topic><topic>Studies</topic><topic>Wage &amp; price controls</topic><toplevel>peer_reviewed</toplevel><toplevel>online_resources</toplevel><creatorcontrib>Block, Walter E</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Barnett, William</creatorcontrib><collection>ProQuest Social Sciences Premium Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (Corporate)</collection><collection>ABI/INFORM Collection</collection><collection>ABI/INFORM Global (PDF only)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (purchase pre-March 2016)</collection><collection>ABI/INFORM Collection</collection><collection>Computing Database (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>ProQuest SciTech Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Technology Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (Alumni) (purchase pre-March 2016)</collection><collection>ABI/INFORM Collection (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (Alumni)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central</collection><collection>ProQuest Social Science Premium Collection</collection><collection>Advanced Technologies &amp; Aerospace Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Essentials</collection><collection>ProQuest Databases</collection><collection>ProQuest Business Premium Collection</collection><collection>Technology Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest One Community College</collection><collection>Politics Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Central</collection><collection>Business Premium Collection (Alumni)</collection><collection>ABI/INFORM Global (Corporate)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Student</collection><collection>SciTech Premium Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Computer Science Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Business Collection (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>ProQuest Business Collection</collection><collection>Computer Science Database</collection><collection>ProQuest Politics Collection</collection><collection>ABI/INFORM Professional Advanced</collection><collection>ABI/INFORM global</collection><collection>Computing Database</collection><collection>Political Science Database</collection><collection>ProQuest Advanced Technologies &amp; Aerospace Collection</collection><collection>One Business</collection><collection>ProQuest One Business (Alumni)</collection><collection>ProQuest One Academic Eastern Edition (DO NOT USE)</collection><collection>ProQuest One Academic</collection><collection>ProQuest One Academic UKI Edition</collection><collection>ProQuest Central China</collection><collection>ABI/INFORM Collection China</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Basic</collection><jtitle>American review of political economy</jtitle></facets><delivery><delcategory>Remote Search Resource</delcategory><fulltext>fulltext</fulltext></delivery><addata><au>Block, Walter E</au><au>Barnett, William</au><format>journal</format><genre>article</genre><ristype>JOUR</ristype><atitle>Milton Friedman and the financial crisis of 2008</atitle><jtitle>American review of political economy</jtitle><date>2012-06-01</date><risdate>2012</risdate><volume>10</volume><issue>1/2</issue><spage>2</spage><pages>2-</pages><issn>1551-1383</issn><eissn>1551-1383</eissn><abstract>We find Milton Friedman, in part, guilty of leading to the monetary meltdown of fall 2008, at least, that is, his ideas, concerning gold, the Fed, monetary policy, flexible exchanges rates and other elements of international financial arrangements. However, contrary to the views of some Austrian economists, we take the position that had his 3% rule for the annual expansion of the money stock been followed by the Fed, the Austrian Business Cycle of late 2008 would not have occurred. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]</abstract><cop>Winston-Salem</cop><pub>Zagros Madjd - Sadjadi, Ph. D</pub></addata></record>
fulltext fulltext
identifier ISSN: 1551-1383
ispartof American review of political economy, 2012-06, Vol.10 (1/2), p.2
issn 1551-1383
1551-1383
language eng
recordid cdi_proquest_journals_1440875624
source ABI/INFORM global; Politics Collection; ProQuest Social Science Premium Collection
subjects Business cycles
Currency
Deflation
Economic crisis
Economic theory
Economists
Fixed exchange rates
Floating exchange rates
Foreign exchange rates
Friedman, Milton
Gold
Gold standard
Inflation
Interest rates
International finance
Monetary policy
Studies
Wage & price controls
title Milton Friedman and the financial crisis of 2008
url http://sfxeu10.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/loughborough?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_tim=2025-01-27T06%3A53%3A34IST&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=infofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com:primo3-Article-proquest&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Milton%20Friedman%20and%20the%20financial%20crisis%20of%202008&rft.jtitle=American%20review%20of%20political%20economy&rft.au=Block,%20Walter%20E&rft.date=2012-06-01&rft.volume=10&rft.issue=1/2&rft.spage=2&rft.pages=2-&rft.issn=1551-1383&rft.eissn=1551-1383&rft_id=info:doi/&rft_dat=%3Cproquest%3E3094999851%3C/proquest%3E%3Cgrp_id%3Ecdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-p618-c5cd6beb6c856e4f4d18a56d34d17fb89ab3e63a028f7f212fd2615022f61b263%3C/grp_id%3E%3Coa%3E%3C/oa%3E%3Curl%3E%3C/url%3E&rft_id=info:oai/&rft_pqid=1440875624&rft_id=info:pmid/&rfr_iscdi=true