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Learn yourself some monetary theory from Bill Woolsey. Contrary to the beliefs of some consumers of Austrian economics, the equation of exchange is a very useful organizing principle and the concept of the velocity of money is not nonsense. The way Bill sees it is the way I see it as well. Read the whole thing, its not long. And that implies that velocity can differ from what people would like it to be. Does that sound odd and awkward? It does to me. And that is why I usually prefer to think about monetary economics in terms of the quantity of money and the demand to hold it, rather in terms of the equation of exchange. But still, I balk at claims that the equation of exchange is nothing but an identity. Because if it is, so is the notion that prices and real income adjust to bring the quantity of money demanded into equilibrium with the quantity of money supplied. And so is the notion that relative price adjusts to bring quantity supplied into equilibrium with quantity demanded.
Posted on: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 15:21:47 +0000

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