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Meltzer, Allan H. was born on February 6, 1928 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George B. and Minerva I. (Simons) Meltzer.
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This volume, by two eminent monetarist economists, offers a unique perspective on a key issue of monetary economics: the effect of money on output. Karl Brunner and Allan Meltzer address the theoretical aspects of this issue with the purpose of understanding their policy implications. They offer an historical overview of the relationship between money and output, and then go on to present a model of a monetary economy before examining the real sector. The theme of the final lecture is uncertainty and the costs of acquiring information.
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1883 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER THE SECOND. "REVIELLE." DHE Roll of the Seventy-Seventh Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, as mustered into the service of the United States on the second of September, 1862, is herewith presented. While it is not claimed that this roll is absolutely correct, it is believed to be nearly so. In the hurry and confusion and excitement incident to the muster out of the Regiment, it would be very strange if no mistakes had occurred. But these mistakes are of minor importance. The main facts and incidents recorded as pertaining to each individual member are substantially correct. And as such, they are respectfully submitted, with the hope thajt our surviving comrades, in looking over these familiar names, may call to mind the forms and features of those brave men who gave their lives for their country--that they may recall many of the scenes and incidents, both serious and comic, which occurred on the march, in the camp, and on the fatal field--and that the ties of friendship and sincere affection, cemented by those long, weary months of common sufferings and common dangers, may grow stronger and stronger with the advancing years, until the Supreme Grand Commander of armies and nations shall sound the last " Tattoo" for the last surviving member of the Regiment. FIELD AND STAFF. COLONELS. Charles Ballance, Peona. Commissioned August 18, 1862, but not mustered. David P. Grier, Peoria. At the outbreak of the war, General Grier was engaged in business at Elmwood, Illinois. As soon as he heard of the fall of Fort Sumpter he expressed his determination to enter the service. He at once began recruiting a company, and the ranks were soon full, when he was elected captain. He tendered the services of himself and company to Gov. Yates, of Illinois, but as the s...
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Meltzer, Allan H. was born on February 6, 1928 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George B. and Minerva I. (Simons) Meltzer.
Bachelor of Arts Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1948. Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy University of California, Los Angeles, Calif., United States of America, 1955, 1958.
Lecturer economics University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1956-1957. Faculty Carnegie Mellon University Graduate School Industrial Administration, Pittsburgh, 1957-1964, professor economics, since 1964, Maurice Falk professor economics and social science, 1970-1980, John M. Olin university professor political economy public policy, 1980-1991, University professor political economy public policy, 1991-1997, Allan H. Meltzer University professor political economy, since 1997. Visiting professor University Chicago, 1964-1965, Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro, 1976-1979, City University, London, 1979-2001.
Visiting fellow Hoover Institution, 1977-1978. Visiting scholar American Enterprise Institute, Washington, since 1989. Co-chairman Shadow Open Market Committee, 1974-1989, chairman, 1989-2000.
Consultant United States Treasury, joint economic committee United States Congress, 1960. Committee on banking and currency United States House of Representatives, 1963-1964. Member President's Economic Policy Advisory Board, 1988-1990.
Acting member Council Economic Advisors, 1988-1989. Panel economic advisors Congressional Budget Office, 1995-2009. Consultant, board governor Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Director Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, 1983-1998, chairman audit and compensation committee, 1996-1998. Honorary advisor Institute Monetary and Economic Studies Bank of Japan, 1987-2003. Board director Sarah Scaife Foundation, Commonwealth Foundation.
Director Stillhalter Vision AG, Zurich, 1994-2002, Advanced Materials Group, 1994-2001. Chairman International Finance Institution advisory committee to United States Congress, 1999-2000. Advisor Federal Reserve Bank New York, 2005-2009.
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( In his new edition of Prosperity and Violence, Robert B...)
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Author: Monetary Economics, 1989, Keynes's Monetary Theory: A Different Interpretation, 1988. (with Karl Brunner) Money and the Economy: Issues in Monetary Analysis, 1993. (with Alex Cukierman and Scott Richard) Political Economy, 1991, Report of the International Financial Institution Advisory Commission, 2000, A History of the Federal Reserve, volunteer 1, 2003 (Book award Economic History Association 2004-2005), volunteer 2, 2010.Editor: (with Karl Brunner) Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series, 1976-1989. (with Charles Plosser), 1989-1997. Contributor articles to professional journals.
Early work concentrated on the supply and demand for money. A series of studies of money supply included a study of Federal Reserve policy-making (with Karl Brunner), and analysed the basis of Federal Reserve actions and their reason for concentrating attention on free reserves or interest rates. The study showed that Federal Reserve actions from the 1920s to the early 1960s were directed at the control of borrowing of free reserves and the neglect of money, output and price level.
Subsequent work on financial markets and intermediation led to the development of a general equilibrium model of credit, money interest rates, asset prices, output and the price level. Recent work is in two areas. Scott Richard and I have developed and tested models of the size of government and other aspects of public choice.
I have become interested in the effects of government policies on variability. This has led to an examination of Keynes’s major works and a reinterpretation of the General Theory. I see these recent interests as part of a broader interest in the role of institutions in relation to economic theory.
Fellow: National Association Business Economists (Adam Smith award 2003). Member: American Finance Association, Western Economic Association (president 1985-1986), International Atlantic Economic Association 1999—2000, American Economic Association (vice president 1990, Distinguished fellow 2002), Philadelphia Society 1981-1983, Cosmos Club.
Married Marilyn Ginsburg, August 27, 1950. Children: Bruce Michael, Eric Charles, Beth Denise.