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Monetary Policy During the Great Contraction by kirchy is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This document provides context for a chapter from the 1965 book "The Great Contraction, 1929-33" by Milton Friedman and Anna J. Schwartz. The chapter examines why monetary policy during the 1929-1933 period was so ineffective in responding to the economic crisis of the Great Depression. It notes that the actions needed to prevent a monetary collapse were well understood based on previous studies and the Federal Reserve Act, but that the Federal Reserve failed to implement appropriate policies like expanding

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