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Laissez-Faire Monetary Theorists in Late Nineteenth Century America
Originally published in Southern Economic Journal
This paper critically surveys American monetary writings from the last half of the 19th century. The authors find that the idea of a laissez-faire monetary policy was never very popular in the United States, though it did have proponents whose work was often insightful.

This paper critically surveys American monetary writings from the last half of the 19th century. The authors find that the idea of a laissez-faire monetary policy was never very popular in the United States, though it did have proponents whose work was often insightful.
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