"Milton Friedman and Anna Schwartz’s monumental Monetary History of the United States eventually helped to displace Keynesian interpretations with a monetarist interpretation, especially after the stagflation of the 1970s worked to discredit Keynesian macroeconomics."
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Robert Higgs, "Debating the Great Depression: Steve Horwitz’s Latest Contribution," The Beacon (Independent Institute, 24 January 2011).
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