Alan Meltzer

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gptkbp:instanceOf Economist
gptkbp:academicAdvisor Numerous PhD students
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Carnegie_Mellon_University
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkbp:awards Distinguished_Fellow_of_the_American_Economic_Association
gptkbp:birthDate 1927-02-06
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:contribution Research on the role of money in the economy
gptkbp:deathDate 2019-05-08
gptkbp:field Economics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Alan Meltzer
gptkbp:influenced Monetary policy debates
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Milton_Friedman
gptkbp:involved gptkb:American_Economic_Association
gptkb:National_Bureau_of_Economic_Research
gptkb:Federal_Reserve_Board
gptkb:Mont_Pelerin_Society
gptkbp:knownFor Monetary policy
gptkbp:legacy Critique of Keynesian economics
Contributions to economic education
Advocacy for free-market economics
Influence on monetary policy theory
Support for rule-based monetary policy
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableWork A_History_of_the_Federal_Reserve
gptkbp:occupation Professor
gptkbp:publishes The Role of Money in the Economy
The_Federal_Reserve_and_the_Financial_Crisis
The_Monetary_History_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:researchInterest Economic history
Central banking
Inflation
gptkbp:spouse Marilyn_Meltzer