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Cato Journal, 35th Monetary Conference, monetary policy, monetary economics, Allan Meltzer
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New Release: Cato Journal on The Future of Monetary Policy

James Dorn/May 4, 2018June 19, 2022

This issue of the Cato Journal is dedicated to Allan H. Meltzer who passed away on May 8, 2017. Allan spoke at the 1st Annual Monetary Conference in 1983 and many thereafter. He was a frequent contributor to the Cato Journal, a friend, and mentor. He will be sorely missed….

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stable spending, monetarism, Allan Meltzer, Cato Journal, Cato Monetary Conference
Economic Thought, News, The Fed & Central Banks

Allan H. Meltzer: A Life Well Lived (1928-2017)

James Dorn/May 12, 2017June 19, 2022

The world lost a great champion of liberty with the passing of Allan Meltzer, a longtime Professor of Political Economy at Carnegie Mellon University.  Allan was a prodigious worker who wrote hundreds of articles and more than ten books, including his monumental A History of the Federal…

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Allan Meltzer, UCLA, Austrian School, Chicago School, Shadow Open Market Committee
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Allan Meltzer Remembered

Gerald P O'Driscoll/May 10, 2017June 19, 2022

Like Allan Meltzer, I received my Ph.D. from UCLA. He and his major professor, Karl Brunner, had both left by the time I arrived. UCLA is an important intellectual connection. At the time, UCLA was informally known as “Chicago West,” for its intellectual affinity to the University…

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