The Optimum Quantity of Money [Paperback]

Milton Friedman (Author), Michael D. Bordo (Introduction)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1412804779 | ISBN-13: 978-1412804776 | Publication Date: October 1, 2005 | Edition: Revised

Taken as a whole, The Optimum Quantity of Money provides a comprehensive view of the body of monetary theory developed in leading centers of monetary analysis. The early chapters cover factors determining the real quantity of money held in a community and the welfare implications of policies that affect the quantity held. The following chapters formally restate why quantity analysis has become central to the science of economics.

Product Details

• Paperback: 308 pages
• Publisher: Aldine Transaction; Revised edition (October 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1412804779
• ISBN-13: 978-1412804776
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,347,149 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Milton Friedman is a senior research fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and the Paul Snowden Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Chicago. In 1976 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics. He has written a number of books, including two with his wife, Rose D. Friedman---the bestselling Free to Choose and Two Lucky People: Memoirs, the latter published by the University of Chicago Press.