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Friedmanite, n. and a.|ˈfriːdmənaɪt|
[f. the name of Milton Friedman (b. 1912), American economist + -ite1.]
A. n. An adherent of the theories of Friedman.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to Friedman or his theories, esp. regarding regulation of the economy by control of the money supply.
1970Times 13 Mar. 10/1 Debate has raged passionately in the United States for years between the Friedmanites and the Keynesians. 1977I. Gilmour Inside Right (1978) iii. vi. 230 Mr Patrick Hutber of the Sunday Telegraph is now an uncompromising if entertaining Friedmanite. 1979Ld. Robbins Against Inflation xvi. 80, I am not a Friedmanite monetarist. 1985Washington Post 25 Sept. a15/5 Today the movement accommodates both tolerant libertarianism and strict fundamentalism, free-market Friedmanites and devout Falwellites.
Also Friedˈmanian a.; ˈFriedmanism.
1969Friedmanian [see monetarism]. 1980Listener 1 May 561/1 The BBC were right to buy and show the bulk of the Friedman series..because ‘Friedmanism’ has become a central—perhaps the central—issue in British domestic political debate. 1985Christian Science Monitor 23 Aug. 22/2 The Fed has permitted money-supply growth above its earlier targets, braving the wrath of the Friedmanian monetarists. |